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A review by ketreads
A Court of Mist and Fury by Sarah J. Maas
adventurous
hopeful
3.5
A surprisingly thoughtful and interesting development to a seemingly cliché fae series.
After being surprised by book one with the difference in how I found it vs how the book is talked about on social media, my friend very kindly (and excitedly) lent me the second book in the series as she's obsessed. The second book continues to find me pleasantly surprised by the topics and themes the author decides to lean into as the series goes on. The characters in this are both intriguing and joy to be around, while certain world elements expand our knowledge of the realm shown so far finally revealing the overarching plot to the series.
While the world building itself isn't anything special, Maas' real strength is in her character work and interpersonal relationships. The choice to have our main character of Feyre continue to be the focus while also have the events of the last book to have lasting impact on this character was well done and went in an direction I really enjoyed. I found the book both easy to read & hard to put down at certain points that my friend had to suffer the consequences of lending me a book: many full caps messages containing my thoughts of certain characters... !!!!
Overall, while I didn't overly love certain conclusions to storylines as they felt less well considered, I did really enjoy the story of Feyre and friends. I have already had the rest of the series thrown onto my shelf (by said friend) so I will be continuing with the series!
After being surprised by book one with the difference in how I found it vs how the book is talked about on social media, my friend very kindly (and excitedly) lent me the second book in the series as she's obsessed. The second book continues to find me pleasantly surprised by the topics and themes the author decides to lean into as the series goes on. The characters in this are both intriguing and joy to be around, while certain world elements expand our knowledge of the realm shown so far finally revealing the overarching plot to the series.
While the world building itself isn't anything special, Maas' real strength is in her character work and interpersonal relationships. The choice to have our main character of Feyre continue to be the focus while also have the events of the last book to have lasting impact on this character was well done and went in an direction I really enjoyed. I found the book both easy to read & hard to put down at certain points that my friend had to suffer the consequences of lending me a book: many full caps messages containing my thoughts of certain characters... !!!!
Overall, while I didn't overly love certain conclusions to storylines as they felt less well considered, I did really enjoy the story of Feyre and friends. I have already had the rest of the series thrown onto my shelf (by said friend) so I will be continuing with the series!