Part of my Sarah J. Maas reading guide →
A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
I discovered ACOTAR in 2015 recommended as a Beauty and the Beast Retelling.
I told my friend it wasn’t smutty enough and I guessed the Riddle too easily.
But the world was creative.
The characters came to life.
And I found myself revisiting this book several times waiting for the next one to make an appearance, and finally understand what was so shocking on Feyre’s forehead.
As a reader of several BLOODTHIRSTY VAMPIRE KILLING BADASS HEROINES, I appreciated the vulnerability and anxiety-ridden sweetness that Feyre shared with us readers and the beautiful world she was learning to survive in. As I kept reading the lose-lose situation of it all, I felt that Feyre deserved better and I wanted to read her find victory in life.
꧁The Writing Style꧂
I was absolutely hooked by the mystery of Fae and survivalist poor human village that stay on its side of The Wall.
꧁The Characters꧂
She wasn’t particular smart or brave. But she always tried to do what she thought was Right.
The definition was entirely her own, after that upbringing.
and I understand her emotions didn’t burn bright and loudly for some readers to really “like” her character.
But I wanted someone to want to protect her. and I absolutely love the story the character ended up with.
Overall, I love how this first book builds the world from the fault human perspective. She is a fault narrator with no sense of what is real going on. As the reader, we are suppose to be frightened by how LARGE and UNKNOWN it all is! I think as the first in the series this book gets forgotten how dark and ominous the human side of the story was. There are families starving in the village and meanwhile we’re looking at what the characters have done all day. Cough cough older sister hate here. That was Feyres upbringing and childhood. Feyre had to experience all of that day to day as her reality as a child. You don’t get to pretend it didn’t happen and say weren’t an abusive bully because it doesn’t fit with your narrative of life at home.
Feyre didn’t feel able to ask for anything and it broke my heart to read that
I think the beauty of this book’s writing is overshadowed with BLATANTLY misleading plots that is ohhhhh soooooo funnyyyyyyy to look back on. “Who is endgame” was real sentences that was uttered for YEARS people.
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