A review by porshe93
A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas

adventurous dark slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.75

The first two-thirds is very slow not much happens in it you could cut characters and whole chapters and it wouldn't affect the plot at all. In the last third the plot picked up I think this could have been a short story and going into more detail in the later part of the book would have been a better format. The female lead was confusing she was supposed to be a good hunter and fighter at times and at others, she was beaten easily. She was more smart and intelligent than most in the town but at other times wasn't intelligent and was often dumbed down. For the main love story, I am very sorry I didn't like the male lead Tamlin at all. I much prefer the friendship between Feyre and Lucian and thought that could have been built on a snarky friends-to-lovers trope. I do have the sequel so hope that picks up.  I expected more from the hype to be honest. Also from all the physical abuse I expected Feyre to have more PTSD maybe that's explored later on. 
the "love" scenes were sometimes jarring The first one felt like assault Feyre even says "let go,"  which is a very clear boundary but Tamlin's on magic so brushed away and forgotten very quickly and the others went from 0-100 in a line and I wondered how did we get here.  
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