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

2.0

A Court of Wings and Ruin? More like A Court of Going Places and Doing Things. This book had too many characters, too many side quests, and WAY too much exposition. All of the really interesting plot elements were developed outside of Feyre's narration. Even some of the most climactic moments in the series (for example, Nesta beheading Hybern) happened with Feyre as a spectator, rather than an active participant. Overall, I just did not like the balance between action and exposition.

I did love the beginning of this book, with Feyre in the Spring Court. It makes me wish that Tamlin (the interesting character with interesting motivations) had been the main villain, rather than Hybern (the boring character with no motivations other than being evil and causing problems).