A review by sspaghettiboness
A Court of Mist and Fury by Sarah J. Maas

adventurous inspiring tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

1.75


I’m going to do my best to begin with some compliments, mostly because I think my complaints will err on the side of spoilers. 

This book was much, much stronger than the first in the series. The character growth and development showed great improvement. One of my big complaints regarding the first book was the utter lack of world building (fascinating choice for a fantasy romance series), and this book dealt with a lot of that. Which is great, because the world and power dynamics are the most interesting part. I am still confused about some pieces, but based on how my past issues were addressed here, I am optimistic that the next book will give more explanation. 

The writing was objectively better but I still have the same complaint about overuse of words (apex, vanish, hurtled… I have more but. I digress), way way too much with the ‘…’ and ‘-‘. Also, as a reader, I genuinely have never cared to know the way certain fabrics of certain dresses behave when worn every single time. It felt like filler. To an extent, I appreciate an author describing the clothing a character is wearing, but at the same time it’s important to know when you’ve over explained something. 

My spoilers are not wrapping correctly and I don’t want to ruin this for anyone because I know this series is popular. So I’m going to sum them all up by saying that Feyre gives massive Mary Sue energy and I find her overall unbearably unlikeable and the victimisation of herself super annoying. 

Overall: I’m ready to start the third book and put together more pieces. I very much look forward to whatever comes next, and I am rooting for one of these to change my opinions.  I’m also excited to be done with the series and shed my guilt at mocking them without fully understanding them. 

I want nothing but the absolute best for Amren and Nesta, I love them, and those characters are spurning me on to keep going just to follow their storylines.
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