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A review by peachachu
A Court of Frost and Starlight by Sarah J. Maas
2.0
Why does this book exist? It felt like ACOTAR fluffy Christmas fanfiction disguised as an actual novel. Actually, JK, because I've read fanfiction 1000x more substantive than this. I'm left feeling like this exists as a holiday cash-grab and not much more.
NOTHING happens aside from setting up a weak foundation for the next book. Mostly, the characters just walk around Velaris and wonder what they should get each other for Christmas (excuse me, Winter Solstice), with their enormous piles of money. Seriously, Feyre spends so much time fretting about how much money she has it's ANNOYING—she'd rather have Rhys's fat stacks sit untouched in a bank than spend them on anything useful, which doesn't make sense to me considering how she grew up in poverty and near-starvation. You'd think her #1 goal would be to redistribute his boundless wealth, but apparently not. The one silver lining is she finally gets her paint studio and starts teaching art therapy classes, but I could've done without the "newly minted billionaire boo-hooing about finances."
I did like the little glimpses into the supporting casts' POVs, mainly Nesta and Cassian, but Feyre and Rhys just bored me. I think it just goes to show how readers are ready to move on from their story toward something new, so if this book accomplished anything, it did help gear me up for the perspective change in "A Court of Silver Flames." Still though, I'd recommend just skipping this one and jumping directly to #4 in the series.
NOTHING happens aside from setting up a weak foundation for the next book. Mostly, the characters just walk around Velaris and wonder what they should get each other for Christmas (excuse me, Winter Solstice), with their enormous piles of money. Seriously, Feyre spends so much time fretting about how much money she has it's ANNOYING—she'd rather have Rhys's fat stacks sit untouched in a bank than spend them on anything useful, which doesn't make sense to me considering how she grew up in poverty and near-starvation. You'd think her #1 goal would be to redistribute his boundless wealth, but apparently not. The one silver lining is she finally gets her paint studio and starts teaching art therapy classes, but I could've done without the "newly minted billionaire boo-hooing about finances."
I did like the little glimpses into the supporting casts' POVs, mainly Nesta and Cassian, but Feyre and Rhys just bored me. I think it just goes to show how readers are ready to move on from their story toward something new, so if this book accomplished anything, it did help gear me up for the perspective change in "A Court of Silver Flames." Still though, I'd recommend just skipping this one and jumping directly to #4 in the series.