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A review by ariel_bloomer
A Court of Silver Flames by Sarah J. Maas
adventurous
dark
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.5
If you look at book reviews of series, you’ll typically see that by books 3, 4, and further, most ratings below a 4 have steeply dropped off. This is because the only people who have continued reading into the series are predisposed to like the books.
Anyway, this book 4 is a shitshow that screamed MoneyGrab to me. Like an author and publisher had seen the money rolling in from the first books and going “can’t we just… keep going and add some more?” This book seemed far less thought out, and doubled down on the sexy bits while shoehorning in some plot here and there. (Hence feeling very much like pandering)
Anyway, this book 4 is a shitshow that screamed MoneyGrab to me. Like an author and publisher had seen the money rolling in from the first books and going “can’t we just… keep going and add some more?” This book seemed far less thought out, and doubled down on the sexy bits while shoehorning in some plot here and there. (Hence feeling very much like pandering)
Content Warnings
Graphic: Murder, Sexual content, Miscarriage, Pregnancy, and Violence
Moderate: Rape, War, and Sexual assault
Additional birth and pregnancy content warnings: birth trauma, maternal death, stillbirth, emergency c-section