A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas
Series: A Court of Thorns and Roses
Rating: ★★★★☆
When nineteen-year-old huntress Feyre kills a wolf in the woods, a beast-like creature arrives to demand retribution for it. Dragged to a treacherous magical land she only knows about from legends, Feyre discovers that her captor is not an animal, but Tamlin—one of the lethal, immortal faeries who once ruled their world.
As she dwells on his estate, her feelings for Tamlin transform from icy hostility into a fiery passion that burns through every lie and warning she’s been told about the beautiful, dangerous world of the Fae. But an ancient, wicked shadow grows over the faerie lands, and Feyre must find a way to stop it . . . or doom Tamlin—and his world—forever.
Incredibly rough start. The first chapter is one of the most annoying I’ve ever read. Despite the compelling subject matter, I really struggled with it, because it was filled with passive and fragmented sentences. In three paragraphs alone, five sentences start with, “But”. It drove me crazy, and is why it took me three attempts to finally get into this book.
BUT (see what I did there), once I did, whoa. Sure, there were some problematic themes, a few over-used tropes, and some lingering issues with the writing (or really, I guess that would be editing), but overall, I REALLY ENJOYED IT. And doesn’t that just say everything?
Plus, I am such a sucker for a good Beauty & the Beast retelling.
This one was a ton of fun but I’m quite partial to book two. I’m planning to do a re-read of both before the third comes out. CAN’T WAIT.
I’m on the fence about reading on. Really enjoyed this one. Had SO MANY mixed feels about the second. Is the third the final book?