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A Court of Mist and Fury by Sarah J. Maas
5.0
☆ 5 Stars - 9.43 CAWPILE
After finally biting the bullet and starting ACOTAR I was hooked and immediately picked up this book. The first day I picked up this book I read a massive 404 pages, I think that's the most I've ever read in a single day since I was maybe 16. I wasn't able to find time to read the remaining pages until a few days later due to work, but then finished it off in one sitting. Rhysand had me in a chokehold, I couldn't stop reading. My curiosity about his character was absolutely FEASTED from start to finish in this book as we learnt more about his backstory, his friends, and the way he rules his court. The way that Maas described Feyre's surroundings in this book had me feeling like I was there, and I found myself drawn deeply to all of the new characters we got to know. Compared to ACOTAR where I only really cared about Alis and Lucien, this book had me feeling alongside each character and their dynamics.
The enemies-to-lovers plotline from book one had developed to friends-to-lovers for most of this book, but still full of the banter that we already loved from the pairing. However I did get a bit thrown by the whole fated mates storyline, it made sense and I could tell that was where we were headed, but the scenes following Feyre finding out were a bit ridiculous and felt like pretty cringey to me. I'm not against having spicey scenes in a book, and the idea of mates and being protective/jealous over them is fine for me, but the whole honeymoon style of 'let's just fuck for the next three chapters straight' was annoying. The scenes were written well but I got pretty bored and as each scene happened there was less and less meaning behind the intimacy for me.
Having Tamlin work for the King didn't surprise me, however Ianthe's element in the plot twist was cruel and had me shouting at my book. Though I wasn't a fan of the scenes that followed where both of her sisters were turned to fae and Elaine was immediately mated to Lucien. This series might just be leading me to learn that I really hate that trope, but it was absolutely ridiculous that the second Lucien meets her eyes he knows and thinks he has any right to her company despite all that has just happened. Just made me kind of grossed out by the whole 'toxic masculinity' of it all.
Overall though this book was a 5 star read for me and I enjoyed it a lot more than ACOTAR, though it could've definitely been in the 6 star category had I not been so turned off from the fated mates aspect.
After finally biting the bullet and starting ACOTAR I was hooked and immediately picked up this book. The first day I picked up this book I read a massive 404 pages, I think that's the most I've ever read in a single day since I was maybe 16. I wasn't able to find time to read the remaining pages until a few days later due to work, but then finished it off in one sitting. Rhysand had me in a chokehold, I couldn't stop reading. My curiosity about his character was absolutely FEASTED from start to finish in this book as we learnt more about his backstory, his friends, and the way he rules his court. The way that Maas described Feyre's surroundings in this book had me feeling like I was there, and I found myself drawn deeply to all of the new characters we got to know. Compared to ACOTAR where I only really cared about Alis and Lucien, this book had me feeling alongside each character and their dynamics.
The enemies-to-lovers plotline from book one had developed to friends-to-lovers for most of this book, but still full of the banter that we already loved from the pairing. However I did get a bit thrown by the whole fated mates storyline, it made sense and I could tell that was where we were headed, but the scenes following Feyre finding out were a bit ridiculous and felt like pretty cringey to me. I'm not against having spicey scenes in a book, and the idea of mates and being protective/jealous over them is fine for me, but the whole honeymoon style of 'let's just fuck for the next three chapters straight' was annoying. The scenes were written well but I got pretty bored and as each scene happened there was less and less meaning behind the intimacy for me.
Having Tamlin work for the King didn't surprise me, however Ianthe's element in the plot twist was cruel and had me shouting at my book. Though I wasn't a fan of the scenes that followed where both of her sisters were turned to fae and Elaine was immediately mated to Lucien. This series might just be leading me to learn that I really hate that trope, but it was absolutely ridiculous that the second Lucien meets her eyes he knows and thinks he has any right to her company despite all that has just happened. Just made me kind of grossed out by the whole 'toxic masculinity' of it all.
Overall though this book was a 5 star read for me and I enjoyed it a lot more than ACOTAR, though it could've definitely been in the 6 star category had I not been so turned off from the fated mates aspect.