A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J.Maas
Pages: 416
Publish date: May 5th 2015
Publisher: Bloomsbury
ISBN: 1408857863
Purchase: Book Depository – Amazon UK – Amazon US – Amazon AU
Feyre’s survival rests upon her ability to hunt and kill – the forest where she lives is a cold, bleak place in the long winter months. So when she spots a deer in the forest being pursued by a wolf, she cannot resist fighting it for the flesh. But to do so, she must kill the predator and killing something so precious comes at a price.
Dragged to a magical kingdom for the murder of a faerie, Feyre discovers that her captor, his face obscured by a jewelled mask, is hiding far more than his piercing green eyes would suggest. Feyre’s presence at the court is closely guarded, and as she begins to learn why, her feelings for him turn from hostility to passion and the faerie lands become an even more dangerous place. Feyre must fight to break an ancient curse, or she will lose him forever.
A Court of Thorns and Roses:
I received an e-copy of A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J.Maas from Bloomsbury via Netgalley, in exchange for a review. This has in no way influenced my thoughts and feelings about the review. (And if it makes you feel better, I did go and buy a copy of it myself)
I love fantasy and A Court of Thorns and Roses is the reason why. All my life I have grown up watching and reading fantasy and paranormal/supernatural so when I heard what A Court of Thorns and Roses I knew I need to read it. However I did put it off simply because of all the hype around Maas and her books.
I read Throne of Glass, a couple of books before A Court of Thorns and Roses and I wasn’t that happy. If you saw my tweets, I loved the world and the plot, but they thing, that put me off was the love triangle. So I was pretty nervous about A Court of Thorns and Roses, but let me tell you, wasn’t disappointed.
Maas is a master at world building, the way that she layered and build the world was fantastic, the world pulled me in from the start and I could not put it down. I haven’t read a book about faeries before, because I love the thought of faerie’s so much and I haven’t heard great things about books that are focused on faeries.
Like I said the world building was so on point. She didn’t throw everything at you from the first page or all at once, but gave the reader just enough to understand the world and then here and there gave us more information and I think it was perfect.
The fact that this was also a beauty and the beast re-telling, yes please. Beauty and the beast was/is one of my all-time favourite fairy-tale, so that alone pulled me in. and I definitely same the similarities.
“You look . . . better than before.”
Was that a compliment? I could have sworn Lucien gave Tamlin an encouraging nod.
“And you hair is . . . clean.”
I certainly enjoyed Feyre’s as a character and as the protagonist. She as bad ass at times, but she also struggled, she was human. After killing a faerie that was disguised as a wolf, and to Feyre’s knowledge she didn’t know (though she did have her suspicions), she is taken into the faerie kingdom that will change her life forever.
Then comes in Tamlin. I cannot explain how much I love him, he is up there with my favourite book boyfriends, because come on. Tamlin whose face is obscured by a jewelled mask is more mysterious than Feyre first thought and what readers first thought.
Then there is Lucien, he just cracked me up way too much. The banter between Feyre and Lucien was so good.
The romance was just beautiful, it was that slow burning kind and then bang it’s all let out. It was so nice to see something different.
I threw myself into that fire, threw myself into it, into him, and let myself burn.
The last half or so of A Court of Thorns and Roses was good; however, at times I felt that it dragged on. I can’t truly expand on this because it will spoiler the book, but if you have read it I hope that I am making sense.
Sarah J.Maas writing is beautiful and intriguing. And much like Throne of Glass, A Court of Thorns and Roses is very interesting and beautiful in the way that is was written.
Also that ending. I need more. I just hope that the next book doesn’t have a love trianlge, please no.
Overall, I cannot wait to read more from this series, it’s everything that I love. Sarah J.Mass’ beautiful writing, intriguing plot and world building that is on point equals a fantastic read that every fantasy reader and everyone certainly should read.
Have you read A Court of Thorns and Roses? Did you like? Are you going to read it?
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