A review by likum
A Court of Wings and Ruin (1 of 3) [Dramatized Adaptation] by Sarah J. Maas

2.0

So this is the book that finally helped me realize why I don’t LOVE these books like I expected to (or even like them really). I love a book that’ll show me instead of tell me. Walk me thru chapters of battles or fights or big plot points that end up changing the trajectory of the characters and worlds. These books TELL you. Not only do they tell instead of show, they leave you on  cliffhangers at the end of one book (which majority of the book has been ramping up to a specific event) then in the next book, it picks up far into the future after said big event. With every book so far, I have HATED the transition between stories and am taken out of the current storyline, and reasons why other folks love them (like the friendships, romance and smut) because I’m too busy trying to mentally piece together what we’ve missed and how it’s impacted our characters. Gunna finish the series, but I am v underwhelmed. If you like this type of romance/ high fantasy, read Jennifer L. Armentrout’s series ‘From Blood & Ash’ instead.