A review by shrayirene
A Court of Wings and Ruin by Sarah J. Maas

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

There were so many things that I enjoyed about this book, especially where it starts off after the previous book, with Feyre in the Spring Court again. However, I do think that Maas fumbled the landing. I'm not sure if it was partly because this conflict should have been expanded into two more books, but this ending was too miraculous. Avoiding spoilers, multiple solutions magically appear in the nick of time, and great "sacrifices" are made with actually no real cost or consequence. If you're going to write an epic fantasy, there must be more of a cost to fighting evil.