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A review by sapientreader
A Court of Mist and Fury by Sarah J. Maas
5.0
Everything in One !
This book is definitely one of the best fantasy books of this decade ! Loved it ! It had everything. Romance,fantasy,action,adventure,crime,mystery,thriller and even a bit of horror. It just turned from a normal romance tale to something far greater !
SPOILERS-------------
The Politics
This was something I was least expecting in this series ! I just don't love the fact that it is present but I also love how it's done. All the physical,mental and psychological war. It has immersed into this world so perfectly. And oh ! The last bit of Feyre sacrificing her life with Rysand to save him and her friends and goes with Tamlin ! And how she is plotting his death while playing his love. That's cool and cruel.
Rysand
Okay, so he obviously was a bad guy in the first book. Well, nearly a bad guy. This book twisted friends and enemy so well that I kind of hated it. Rysand is a manipulating genius. Book was clear about that. So, the entire book I was suspicious of the fact he was indeed manipulating Feyre all the way. Also, he made Tamlin do all those things to Feyre. I might not be right about Tamlin but I still have suspicion on Rysand. I love Rysand but I don't know I just wanted him to be evil. I will still like this character if he turns out evil. The way he has managed to protect his people,the lives he took,the sacrifices he gave and is always willing to ANYTHING to make sure his people are safe. That anything can include playing with Feyre's mind. But as the book went on and on, that didn't happen. Maybe he is not evil after all.
Tamlin
He went from the best guy in the series to the worst. Now that doesn't happen often ! But is he REALLY a bad guy ? I am not sure. Well we all know how good he was in the first book. Given that, since Feyre became more precious to him, he found love when he didn't have any. He became overprotective. Now that's a wrong thing but not enough wrong to hate him for that ? Then there is his bargain with the king. I don't know what was that all about ! Rysand said the king will break the wall and kill all the humans. All the King of Hybern did yet was to make the queens and Feyre's sisters immortal. So he wants to break the wall and make humans immortal ? That wouldn't be that bad. I mean personally, I would like to be immortal as well. Who wouldn't ? That's why I didn't get why Feyre was so mad if her sisters became immortal. True against their wish, that's not right. But it's not that bad ? Not bad enough to seek revenge :S. BUT the other possibility being that Queens accepted the bargain making only the queens immortal and killing rest of humans in war. That would be wrong. But I still feel that Tamlin meant no harm to humans or to anyone except Rysand and his friends. So I am kind of supporting him.
Feyre
I just hope she is not being manipulated by Rysand because that would be really bad if it turns out to be true ! One might say that is highly unlikely since a whole book included romance between her and Rysand but that was true with Tamlin too and look what that turned out to be. The best thing about this book is that nothing is certain ! Which is so freaking enjoyable !
Absence of story behind the faeries that Feyre killed in first part ??
Surely everybody was expecting that to be a significant part of the story in the sequel ? But that didn't come out anywhere ! Not even a hint. Probably in the last part.
Ridiculousness
Wing span can not and can not be equal to 'some other parts' . I don't care if this is fantasy world. That was just stupid. Wings have to be at least 1.5 times the body length to lift a body. Since faeries are far greater in size from humans, lets say 10 ft ? Wings would be then at least 15 ft ! Good luck to female Faeries ! Or we can just say they have tiny wings compared to body and they fly with it cause you know magic. But I don't want to entertain a monstrous warrior beast like Rysand with tooth fairy wings.
Then there is Elain and Nesta not willing to be Immortals. Are you kidding me ? What kind of stupid one has to be to decline that ! Well maybe they didn't read enough comic books :P
Then there is Feyre having problems being locked up in the house for sometime until Tamlin sorts things out. A house with infinite books and luxurious food and comfort. Count me in !
But all this are irrelevant things in the story and therefore I didn't lower my ratings for this :P .
EXCITED for the next boook :D !
This book is definitely one of the best fantasy books of this decade ! Loved it ! It had everything. Romance,fantasy,action,adventure,crime,mystery,thriller and even a bit of horror. It just turned from a normal romance tale to something far greater !
SPOILERS-------------
The Politics
This was something I was least expecting in this series ! I just don't love the fact that it is present but I also love how it's done. All the physical,mental and psychological war. It has immersed into this world so perfectly. And oh ! The last bit of Feyre sacrificing her life with Rysand to save him and her friends and goes with Tamlin ! And how she is plotting his death while playing his love. That's cool and cruel.
Rysand
Okay, so he obviously was a bad guy in the first book. Well, nearly a bad guy. This book twisted friends and enemy so well that I kind of hated it. Rysand is a manipulating genius. Book was clear about that. So, the entire book I was suspicious of the fact he was indeed manipulating Feyre all the way. Also, he made Tamlin do all those things to Feyre. I might not be right about Tamlin but I still have suspicion on Rysand. I love Rysand but I don't know I just wanted him to be evil. I will still like this character if he turns out evil. The way he has managed to protect his people,the lives he took,the sacrifices he gave and is always willing to ANYTHING to make sure his people are safe. That anything can include playing with Feyre's mind. But as the book went on and on, that didn't happen. Maybe he is not evil after all.
Tamlin
He went from the best guy in the series to the worst. Now that doesn't happen often ! But is he REALLY a bad guy ? I am not sure. Well we all know how good he was in the first book. Given that, since Feyre became more precious to him, he found love when he didn't have any. He became overprotective. Now that's a wrong thing but not enough wrong to hate him for that ? Then there is his bargain with the king. I don't know what was that all about ! Rysand said the king will break the wall and kill all the humans. All the King of Hybern did yet was to make the queens and Feyre's sisters immortal. So he wants to break the wall and make humans immortal ? That wouldn't be that bad. I mean personally, I would like to be immortal as well. Who wouldn't ? That's why I didn't get why Feyre was so mad if her sisters became immortal. True against their wish, that's not right. But it's not that bad ? Not bad enough to seek revenge :S. BUT the other possibility being that Queens accepted the bargain making only the queens immortal and killing rest of humans in war. That would be wrong. But I still feel that Tamlin meant no harm to humans or to anyone except Rysand and his friends. So I am kind of supporting him.
Feyre
I just hope she is not being manipulated by Rysand because that would be really bad if it turns out to be true ! One might say that is highly unlikely since a whole book included romance between her and Rysand but that was true with Tamlin too and look what that turned out to be. The best thing about this book is that nothing is certain ! Which is so freaking enjoyable !
Absence of story behind the faeries that Feyre killed in first part ??
Surely everybody was expecting that to be a significant part of the story in the sequel ? But that didn't come out anywhere ! Not even a hint. Probably in the last part.
Ridiculousness
Wing span can not and can not be equal to 'some other parts' . I don't care if this is fantasy world. That was just stupid. Wings have to be at least 1.5 times the body length to lift a body. Since faeries are far greater in size from humans, lets say 10 ft ? Wings would be then at least 15 ft ! Good luck to female Faeries ! Or we can just say they have tiny wings compared to body and they fly with it cause you know magic. But I don't want to entertain a monstrous warrior beast like Rysand with tooth fairy wings.
Then there is Elain and Nesta not willing to be Immortals. Are you kidding me ? What kind of stupid one has to be to decline that ! Well maybe they didn't read enough comic books :P
Then there is Feyre having problems being locked up in the house for sometime until Tamlin sorts things out. A house with infinite books and luxurious food and comfort. Count me in !
But all this are irrelevant things in the story and therefore I didn't lower my ratings for this :P .
EXCITED for the next boook :D !