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Bloomsbury Childrens Books (2017), 648 pages
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Fantasy. Romance. Young Adult Fiction. HTML:"The epic third story in the #1 New York Times bestselling Court of Thorns and Roses series by Sarah J. Maas. Feyre has returned to the Spring Court, determined to gather information on Tamlin's actions and learn what she can about the invading king threatening to bring her land to its knees. But to do so she must play a deadly game of deceit. One slip could bring doom not only for Feyre, but for everything-and everyone-she holds dear. As war bears down upon them all, Feyre endeavors to take her place amongst the High Fae of the land, balancing her struggle to master her powers-both magical and political-and her love for her court and family. Amidst these struggles, Feyre and Rhysand must decide whom to trust amongst the cunning and lethal High Lords, and hunt for allies in unexpected places. In this thrilling third audiobook in the #1 New York Times bestselling series from Sarah J. Maas, the fate of Feyre's world is at stake as armies grapple for power over the one thing that could destroy it. Performed by Melody Muze, Anthony Palmini, Amanda Forstrom, Natalie Van Sistine, Jon Vertullo, Nora Achrati, Karenna Foley, Shawn K. Jain, Ryan Haugen, Alejandro Ruiz, Rayner Gabriel, Mike Carnes, Danny Gavigan, Chris Stinson, Gabriel Michael, Megan Dominy, Terence Aselford, Jenna Sharpe, Ryan Carlo Dalusung, KenYatta Rogers, Colleen Delany, Alex Hill-Knight, Holly Adams, Andrew Mimms, Alysia Beltran, Rob McFadyen, Tia Shearer, Nhea Durousseau, Matthew Bassett, Christopher Graybill, Michael John Casey, Henry W. Kramer, and Marni Penning.".… (more)
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To call this book a "disappointment" is putting it quite mildly. I was looking forward to this book for a year - so much so that I even managed to slog through the dreadful A Court of Thorns and Roses (which was only interesting for the last third of the book) during a reread.
I love A Court of
And all of that was missing for me here.
The tension between Rhys and Feyre is nonexistent in this book. Yes, I know they're "together" and all of that, but I don't think that that means that all of the sudden their relationship had to turn boring and dull - and that is exactly what happened. The great banter between them is gone. Rhys doesn't call Feyre out on any of her bullshit, which he USED to do - he's just accommodating to the point that he barely has a personality when Feyre is on the page. Everything she struggles with as a new High Lady (and the only one in Prythian at this point) and controlling her powers? Rhys is behind her 110%, no judgment or even real advice here - and he's gone through everything she's gone through. There's always been a good sense of conflict between them, which kept their relationship dynamic, and it's just...not there any more. Sadness. :(
There is sex in the book, but it's just...weird.Like once Feyre and Rhysand are reunited after being apart, with Feyre in the Spring Court as a virtual prisoner - and their reunion fell so flat for me. And then they have sex, but before they do, Rhys offers to lick off all the blood (and not hers, either), sweat, dirt, grime, and etc that she has accumulated over a week of booking it, hiding, and generally not having any type of bath. Ummm...is that supposed to be sexy? Because that's gross. LOL
They apparently dig the whole sweaty stinky thing, because after Rhys is in battle, a battle in which Feyre talks about sweating so badly her skin is swollen beneath her clothes (ouch and eww?), a battle in which Rhys returns covered in blood and sweat and grime and just, you know, battle shit - Feyre gives him a blowjob. Without a bath beforehand. Eww. What's wrong with cleaning up a bit first? Gross.
Maas' word choice, especially in the sex scenes, just grinds on my last nerve. If I have to read "feasted on me" or "my muscles/knees/whatever other body part barked" ONE MORE TIME, I swear by all that is holy...! Okay, we all know that when he's "feasting on her" Rhys is going down on Feyre - are there NO OTHER ADJECTIVES, WORDS, OR DESCRIPTIVE PHRASES that can describe this act? Anything? Anyone at all? Because Maas' thesaurus has apparently run dry.
Tamlin -He's still a total ass about everything, trying to slut shame Feyre in front of Rhys and all of the other High Lords. Ugh. I guess he does redeem himself a bit when he plays a role in saving Rhys' life, but...he's just an asshole. The thing is, I really do think he was trying to good - he was trying to pretend to be allies with Hybern in order to spy on him, and just like Rhys when he was under Amarantha's spell, he gets the shit end of the stick. But there's no pity for Tamlin, and part of me feels a bit bad for him, even though he comes across as an asshole more than once - err, well, almost constantly every time he's on the page or his name is merely mentioned.
Honestly, the death I felt most bad about was the Suriel, a creature that had, in its own way, befriended Feyre - and, in the end, even knowing that helping her would mean its own demise, chose to still be found by Feyre so it could help her one last time. Poor thing. I didn't even care all that much about Rhys' death - because I knew he'd come back - but the Suriel... :(
There was a lot of "tell" and not "show" in this book - often times I just felt like it was an outline of "this must happen, then that, then this" that was slightly padded, instead of an actual story. I never really got immersed into the world at all, and that heavily disappoints me, because I loved ACOMAF so much.
I guess a small "yay" is in store because Mor is bisexual, or pansexual perhaps, with more femme-loving leanings. But Mor didn't even feel like herself in this book - none of the characters did. And Rhys was a fucking asshole to her, never even running things by her before he presented them to her father, whom she hates.
I guess there are several loose ends that could be tied up in the books that are forthcoming, but do I really care at this point? I don't know, and I'm not sure I'll read the other books in the series. ACOMAF seems to have been a fluke, and I'm quite disappointed in this book.
I love A Court of
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Mist and Fury (ACOMAF). I love that Feyre is dealing with a lot of shit from her time Under the Mountain. I love that PTSD is portrayed pretty accurately here. I love Rhys' humor and attempts to draw Feyre out into living again, even as he deals with his own shit. I love the tension between Rhys and Feyre, so thick at times that you could cut it with the proverbial butterknife. I love how they spar with one another. I love how the secondary characters, the "Court of Dreams," are so vibrant and amazing and just incredible.And all of that was missing for me here.
The tension between Rhys and Feyre is nonexistent in this book. Yes, I know they're "together" and all of that, but I don't think that that means that all of the sudden their relationship had to turn boring and dull - and that is exactly what happened. The great banter between them is gone. Rhys doesn't call Feyre out on any of her bullshit, which he USED to do - he's just accommodating to the point that he barely has a personality when Feyre is on the page. Everything she struggles with as a new High Lady (and the only one in Prythian at this point) and controlling her powers? Rhys is behind her 110%, no judgment or even real advice here - and he's gone through everything she's gone through. There's always been a good sense of conflict between them, which kept their relationship dynamic, and it's just...not there any more. Sadness. :(
There is sex in the book, but it's just...weird.
They apparently dig the whole sweaty stinky thing, because after Rhys is in battle, a battle in which Feyre talks about sweating so badly her skin is swollen beneath her clothes (ouch and eww?), a battle in which Rhys returns covered in blood and sweat and grime and just, you know, battle shit - Feyre gives him a blowjob. Without a bath beforehand. Eww. What's wrong with cleaning up a bit first? Gross.
Maas' word choice, especially in the sex scenes, just grinds on my last nerve. If I have to read "feasted on me" or "my muscles/knees/whatever other body part barked" ONE MORE TIME, I swear by all that is holy...! Okay, we all know that when he's "feasting on her" Rhys is going down on Feyre - are there NO OTHER ADJECTIVES, WORDS, OR DESCRIPTIVE PHRASES that can describe this act? Anything? Anyone at all? Because Maas' thesaurus has apparently run dry.
Tamlin -
There was a lot of "tell" and not "show" in this book - often times I just felt like it was an outline of "this must happen, then that, then this" that was slightly padded, instead of an actual story. I never really got immersed into the world at all, and that heavily disappoints me, because I loved ACOMAF so much.
I guess there are several loose ends that could be tied up in the books that are forthcoming, but do I really care at this point? I don't know, and I'm not sure I'll read the other books in the series. ACOMAF seems to have been a fluke, and I'm quite disappointed in this book.
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LibraryThing member nikkinmichaels
Honestly: story 10/10, writing 5/10. Plowed through the plot but found so much of the prose literally cringe-worthy.
LibraryThing member urph818
What can I say? A Court of Wings and Ruin was totally enthralling, in fact the Court of Thorns and Roses series was everything I hoped for and then some. I need to process everything about Feyre Acheron, Rhysand and the characters in this series before I write more, but I can say that this book
Jack Murphy
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certainly did a good job on how to end a series, with love and hope and happiness painting the grand finale. As I told my family, Sarah Maas deserves thunderous applause yet again for this series. I know this review doesn't do this book justice, but I need to finish processing this epic series before I write a further review. Jack Murphy
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LibraryThing member Bookishleigh
Before I say anything else about the actual story. I just need to share my word woe with my fellow readers. Share just how much I despise the term "mate" as used in these books. It's a little inane and a lot petty and completely my own problem but sweet baby Jesus I just wanted scream everytime
Ok, so I've had a complicated relationship with the ACOTAR trilogy... series. I loved the first installment thought it was a great story all around. Now, I didn't begin reading book one until after book 2 had been published and ACOWAR would be on its way pretty quickly. Anyway my point being I went directly from finishing ACOTAR to diving straight into ACOMAF. To say the least it was not an easy transition. I believe my brain was half trying to read the current story as it unfolded while simultaneously rhetorically questioning WTF? WTF? WTF? It didn't help that I had also read all the main novels in the Throne of Glass and was feeling some déjà vu going on only to a much larger extent.
Seriously though I was so annoyed and pissy while reading ACOMAF. In my opinion Ms. Maas is a very talented story weaver in many ways and I think I would have liked book 2 as much as I liked book 1 IF the novels had been completely unconnected and anyone but Feyre was the protagonist. Unfortunately Feyre was the protagonist and I was just so annoyed and appalled with her character. I mean we invest hours into this epic loves story where Feyre's love for Tamlin is so pure and true she's willingly fights through test and tribulations of biblical proportions. She's literally willing to go through hell AND back for this man, kill innocent people to free him. She fought through a demon hellscape and went up against lLady Sadist of Evil Mountain. After being absorbed into this story we then open book 2 and the author is all like JK. Feyre and Rhysand are soulmates. Me: WTF WTF WTF!?!?!
It left me feeling like Feyre was fickle and a completely unreliable narrator and kind of a really terrible disloyal person and I I felt like poor Tamlin's character was completely thrown under the bus in order to provide the reader with a way to justify Feyre's actions and have her still look like the victim. That there is an example of the one real issue I have with the author's writing in this series. In my personal opinion the sign of a great novelist/storyteller is to present the events and the characters in a realistic manner or at least a manner that flows naturally with the story. Flows without feeling the author's presence. If that makes sense. Sometimes when reading a story you can feel the author trying to manipulate the story and if Maas has one flaw as a writer it's that I felt her writing pushing me to see the characters in a certain way. I think I would have respected Feyre so much more if she had called a spade a spade and admitted that her feelings started changing and she started falling in love with someone else and she was selfishly fickle at times because she was human(ish) she was kinda a bitch because sometimes that how life pans out. Nope instead if felt like it was being shoved down our throats that Tamlin was a bad bad High Lord who did lots of bad things and treated Feyre in a manner the was degrading and completely out of character with his behavior throughout the entire first book. Just in case we still didn't accept that nothing Feyre does is out of her own imperfect moral character we get a beautiful obnoxious high priestess who really adds nothing to the story other than to show just how awful the Spring Court is when it's not cursed.
To be honest I also felt like this book was like 20% substance and 80% filler. That's not even necessarily an awful thing. When a writer is talented enough their storytelling can be entertaining even when it's not vital to the story. By the end of ACOWAR I did kind of feel like books 2 and 3 could have easily been one novel. As the author mentions at the end of the novel and must have announced at some point there will be spin off stories coming in the future and in my opinion that’s the real purpose this book served. Letting the author build backstories that eventually she will finish up in a novel(la.) Which would have been fine if it hadn't felt so forced and at times out of place. There's a section right before the stories climax really begins to kick in and I swear to God it went on for 20 pages. I have to assume the purpose of this section was to pave the way for Mor's story to be told but all I really got out of it was the author destroying my fondness for a character I was totally fine with one page earlier. Once again the author tries to force the reader to excuse someone's abhorrent behavior with a justifiable reasoning but it didn't fly with me at all. There's literally dialogue in this scene (paraphrasing) that goes down like this.
Mor: you must think I'm so horrible.
Feyre: not at al_
Me: shut up Feyre yes more I do think your awful. Everything you just blathered over the last 20 pages sounded like a self absorbed bs excuse to be a selfish bitch. I wish those 20 pages never happened.
I feel like I just spent this whole review complaining which is probably confusing since I would give this ACOWAR 3.5 stars if Goodreads would just set the 0.5 stars free. So I'm going to clarify that in spite of the little beefs I had with the overall story line here and there I still voluntarily read every book and looked forward to reading the following installment. The author creates a wonderful world that fun to get lost in. Her characters are interesting and complex and funny. I think she just needs to learn to trust her readers to interpret the characters behavior in their own way rather than dropping explanations upon the readers that feel forced and distract from the story.
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Feyre said or thought "my mate." That word makes me think of British guys kicking around a football and/or lesser life forms connecting in a sexual manner on instinct that helps insure the survival of their species not. (By lesser I mean having less capacity for emotional cognition than the humanoid peoples in this story. Not that they are worth less. I love animals!! ) Ok, I'm done with my rant. It had been building up for many chapters and it just had to be released. Now I will continue with an actual review covering more than a single word. Ok, so I've had a complicated relationship with the ACOTAR trilogy... series. I loved the first installment thought it was a great story all around. Now, I didn't begin reading book one until after book 2 had been published and ACOWAR would be on its way pretty quickly. Anyway my point being I went directly from finishing ACOTAR to diving straight into ACOMAF. To say the least it was not an easy transition. I believe my brain was half trying to read the current story as it unfolded while simultaneously rhetorically questioning WTF? WTF? WTF? It didn't help that I had also read all the main novels in the Throne of Glass and was feeling some déjà vu going on only to a much larger extent.
Seriously though I was so annoyed and pissy while reading ACOMAF. In my opinion Ms. Maas is a very talented story weaver in many ways and I think I would have liked book 2 as much as I liked book 1 IF the novels had been completely unconnected and anyone but Feyre was the protagonist. Unfortunately Feyre was the protagonist and I was just so annoyed and appalled with her character. I mean we invest hours into this epic loves story where Feyre's love for Tamlin is so pure and true she's willingly fights through test and tribulations of biblical proportions. She's literally willing to go through hell AND back for this man, kill innocent people to free him. She fought through a demon hellscape and went up against lLady Sadist of Evil Mountain. After being absorbed into this story we then open book 2 and the author is all like JK. Feyre and Rhysand are soulmates. Me: WTF WTF WTF!?!?!
It left me feeling like Feyre was fickle and a completely unreliable narrator and kind of a really terrible disloyal person and I I felt like poor Tamlin's character was completely thrown under the bus in order to provide the reader with a way to justify Feyre's actions and have her still look like the victim. That there is an example of the one real issue I have with the author's writing in this series. In my personal opinion the sign of a great novelist/storyteller is to present the events and the characters in a realistic manner or at least a manner that flows naturally with the story. Flows without feeling the author's presence. If that makes sense. Sometimes when reading a story you can feel the author trying to manipulate the story and if Maas has one flaw as a writer it's that I felt her writing pushing me to see the characters in a certain way. I think I would have respected Feyre so much more if she had called a spade a spade and admitted that her feelings started changing and she started falling in love with someone else and she was selfishly fickle at times because she was human(ish) she was kinda a bitch because sometimes that how life pans out. Nope instead if felt like it was being shoved down our throats that Tamlin was a bad bad High Lord who did lots of bad things and treated Feyre in a manner the was degrading and completely out of character with his behavior throughout the entire first book. Just in case we still didn't accept that nothing Feyre does is out of her own imperfect moral character we get a beautiful obnoxious high priestess who really adds nothing to the story other than to show just how awful the Spring Court is when it's not cursed.
To be honest I also felt like this book was like 20% substance and 80% filler. That's not even necessarily an awful thing. When a writer is talented enough their storytelling can be entertaining even when it's not vital to the story. By the end of ACOWAR I did kind of feel like books 2 and 3 could have easily been one novel. As the author mentions at the end of the novel and must have announced at some point there will be spin off stories coming in the future and in my opinion that’s the real purpose this book served. Letting the author build backstories that eventually she will finish up in a novel(la.) Which would have been fine if it hadn't felt so forced and at times out of place. There's a section right before the stories climax really begins to kick in and I swear to God it went on for 20 pages. I have to assume the purpose of this section was to pave the way for Mor's story to be told but all I really got out of it was the author destroying my fondness for a character I was totally fine with one page earlier. Once again the author tries to force the reader to excuse someone's abhorrent behavior with a justifiable reasoning but it didn't fly with me at all. There's literally dialogue in this scene (paraphrasing) that goes down like this.
Mor: you must think I'm so horrible.
Feyre: not at al_
Me: shut up Feyre yes more I do think your awful. Everything you just blathered over the last 20 pages sounded like a self absorbed bs excuse to be a selfish bitch. I wish those 20 pages never happened.
I feel like I just spent this whole review complaining which is probably confusing since I would give this ACOWAR 3.5 stars if Goodreads would just set the 0.5 stars free. So I'm going to clarify that in spite of the little beefs I had with the overall story line here and there I still voluntarily read every book and looked forward to reading the following installment. The author creates a wonderful world that fun to get lost in. Her characters are interesting and complex and funny. I think she just needs to learn to trust her readers to interpret the characters behavior in their own way rather than dropping explanations upon the readers that feel forced and distract from the story.
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LibraryThing member krau0098
This is the third, and final, book in The Court of Thorns and Roses series. This book does a good job tying up the series but suffers from some serious book bloat. This book really should have been edited better to pare this book down.
I listened to this on audiobook and it was okay. Cobb
Feyre is back at the Spring Court and is doing her best to tear things apart there so that the court collapses around Tamlin. However she didn’t really count on Hybern and his offspring and all the trouble they bring with them. War is threatening and it’s up to Feyre and the Night Court to find allies to stand with them against Hybern.
There is a ton of time spent with characters angsting about the same things over and over and rehashing their emotions on issues. I was very frustrated with it at points and felt like all this repetitive angst really bogged the story down.
I did enjoy some of the cameos with The Weaver and the Bone Carver and I loved the nightmare Feyre let loose out of the pit in the library. Some of the developments with Feyre’s sisters were also very well done.
I am not saying this was a horrible book, but it was much much longer than it needed to be. You know something is wrong when one of the main characters dies and instead of being sad you think "oh does that mean we are almost to the end of the book yet?!"
I will mention that there are a lot of sex scenes in this book and they are very explicit. I would definitely categorize this as an “adult” read rather than young adult. There is also torture and talk of sexual torture which moves this up into the adult age group for me.
Overall this was an okay read. I am satisfied with how it tied up the series, but feel like it could have been better edited. There is just too much emotional fluff in here and it really drags the book down. This was a decent series overall but I like Maas’s Throne of Glass series a lot better.
I listened to this on audiobook and it was okay. Cobb
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continues to sound a bit breathless and desperate throughout the whole book. At first it makes the story seem urgent but as the tone continues throughout it just makes Feyre sound panicked and whiny. I would recommend reading these rather than listening to on audiobook.Feyre is back at the Spring Court and is doing her best to tear things apart there so that the court collapses around Tamlin. However she didn’t really count on Hybern and his offspring and all the trouble they bring with them. War is threatening and it’s up to Feyre and the Night Court to find allies to stand with them against Hybern.
There is a ton of time spent with characters angsting about the same things over and over and rehashing their emotions on issues. I was very frustrated with it at points and felt like all this repetitive angst really bogged the story down.
I did enjoy some of the cameos with The Weaver and the Bone Carver and I loved the nightmare Feyre let loose out of the pit in the library. Some of the developments with Feyre’s sisters were also very well done.
I am not saying this was a horrible book, but it was much much longer than it needed to be. You know something is wrong when one of the main characters dies and instead of being sad you think "oh does that mean we are almost to the end of the book yet?!"
I will mention that there are a lot of sex scenes in this book and they are very explicit. I would definitely categorize this as an “adult” read rather than young adult. There is also torture and talk of sexual torture which moves this up into the adult age group for me.
Overall this was an okay read. I am satisfied with how it tied up the series, but feel like it could have been better edited. There is just too much emotional fluff in here and it really drags the book down. This was a decent series overall but I like Maas’s Throne of Glass series a lot better.
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LibraryThing member rivkat
Feyre is back with her first lover, but not for long—she’s planning to betray him and his court at her first opportunity, given that he made a deal with the ultimate evil and got her sisters turned into Fae in order to rip her from her true mate. (If I had one wish for this series, it would be
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to banish “mate,” “male,” and “female”—the last two supposedly to distinguish Fae from human men and women, but ugh.) As usual, things escalate, and the final battle requires them to make a bunch of unsavory alliances themselves. The book ends in a reasonable place, but I think I like Maas’s other work better. Show Less
LibraryThing member wagner.sarah35
A solid conclusion to the Feyre's story, complete with a confrontation between her two love interests, a culminating battle (not between the two love interests, but still), and the tying up of plenty of loose ends. I particularly liked the brief appearance of Feyre's towards the end - a plot point
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which neatly concluded a story from one of the previous books and offered some closure about Feyre's family. Overall, a great book with a satisfying ending - I'm little worried the author might ruin it by continuing the series (there's a note at the end of this book that more is coming), but I'm likely to keep reading these books anyway. Show Less
LibraryThing member titania86
Feyre has returned to the Spring Court after making Tamlin and the rest think she was under Rhysand's mind control. Her goal is to gather intel on her enemies, namely Hybern, and push his subjects into rebelling. Feyre has to find out who to trust and who to be wary of as the battle of the century
The previous two books in this series were amazing, so the third and final installment has a lot to live up to. For the most part, I was pretty happy. Feyre in particular impresses, especially as a double agent in the Spring Court. Tamlin deserved everything coming to him after his unrepentent abusive behavior, which continues in this book. Observing her as she undermined him at every turn and helped his court self destruct was incredibly satisfying. Outside of that, Feyre has some changes to adapt to. Her powers are well in hand, but her status as High Lady of the Night Court is brand new and she has to navigate how to be ruler to people she's also friends with. This is of course on top of trying to stop the most powerful being Prythian has ever seen. I especially love how she works with her friends and family to in order to achieve their goals using their specific skills instead of trying to be everything.
The found family she has built is stronger than ever with the addition of her two sisters Elaine and Nesta. Her relationship to Rhys' friends (now her friends) deepens more than ever as they get to know each other and share experiences together. Her sisters weren't very well developed before, but Nesta especially becomes a real person in this book. Although she hates being a fae, she eventually finds ways to be productive that don't involve sitting around, being rude to everyone. She directs her anger into understanding her new powers and researching. Elaine spends most of the book stunned that her whole life as she knew it is over, but her powers of precognition show themselves more and more as the book goes on. At first, her vague descriptions are taken as madness, but when they are revealed as visions, she starts to truly live her new life. The addition of her sisters proves to be integral to the story as well as to Feyre's journey.
Revisiting previous characters that weren't seen a lot in the last installment and meeting new characters ties everything together and fleshes out the world. Lucien more than redeemed himself for previous transgressions and grew to be so much more than Tamlin's puppet. Even Tamlin himself does a bit of good despite his abusive, controlling nature. (His previous actions aren't ignored or excused.) The rest of the High Lords have to choose a side and it was interesting to glimpse their personalities and the people in their Courts. It also shows how differently they run their Courts and interact with others. Cassian and Azriel are seen in their warrior capacities as usual, but when they become infatuated with Feyre's sisters, we get to see their slightly softer sides and explore their relationship with Mor. Where Rhysand's strength were shown in the previous book, his weaknesses are on display here, which I appreciated. He isn't perfect or an eternal font of energy, so it was good to see a powerful character worn down and devastated by war.
One big part of the novel is the war aspect. Many times they have to fight the forces of Hybern to protect themselves or their people. Unfortunately, this is the part that made this book the weakest of the series. On one hand, I liked how realistically war is shown to be in the trappings of this fantastical world. However, there are numerous small battles and one large one at the end. They start to blend together and I'm not a huge fan of books about war. The plot had many twists and turns, which made the book unpredictable. Another criticism I had is the ending, which feels a little too convenient all around. I'm hopeful that Sarah J. Maas will be continuing the series, so it's not a permanent ending. Overall, the series is enjoyable with a relatable protagonist, a worthy love interest, and nonstop action throughout.
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looms close. The people if Prythian need to band together or the powerful King Hybern may prevail in enslaving humanity.The previous two books in this series were amazing, so the third and final installment has a lot to live up to. For the most part, I was pretty happy. Feyre in particular impresses, especially as a double agent in the Spring Court. Tamlin deserved everything coming to him after his unrepentent abusive behavior, which continues in this book. Observing her as she undermined him at every turn and helped his court self destruct was incredibly satisfying. Outside of that, Feyre has some changes to adapt to. Her powers are well in hand, but her status as High Lady of the Night Court is brand new and she has to navigate how to be ruler to people she's also friends with. This is of course on top of trying to stop the most powerful being Prythian has ever seen. I especially love how she works with her friends and family to in order to achieve their goals using their specific skills instead of trying to be everything.
The found family she has built is stronger than ever with the addition of her two sisters Elaine and Nesta. Her relationship to Rhys' friends (now her friends) deepens more than ever as they get to know each other and share experiences together. Her sisters weren't very well developed before, but Nesta especially becomes a real person in this book. Although she hates being a fae, she eventually finds ways to be productive that don't involve sitting around, being rude to everyone. She directs her anger into understanding her new powers and researching. Elaine spends most of the book stunned that her whole life as she knew it is over, but her powers of precognition show themselves more and more as the book goes on. At first, her vague descriptions are taken as madness, but when they are revealed as visions, she starts to truly live her new life. The addition of her sisters proves to be integral to the story as well as to Feyre's journey.
Revisiting previous characters that weren't seen a lot in the last installment and meeting new characters ties everything together and fleshes out the world. Lucien more than redeemed himself for previous transgressions and grew to be so much more than Tamlin's puppet. Even Tamlin himself does a bit of good despite his abusive, controlling nature. (His previous actions aren't ignored or excused.) The rest of the High Lords have to choose a side and it was interesting to glimpse their personalities and the people in their Courts. It also shows how differently they run their Courts and interact with others. Cassian and Azriel are seen in their warrior capacities as usual, but when they become infatuated with Feyre's sisters, we get to see their slightly softer sides and explore their relationship with Mor. Where Rhysand's strength were shown in the previous book, his weaknesses are on display here, which I appreciated. He isn't perfect or an eternal font of energy, so it was good to see a powerful character worn down and devastated by war.
One big part of the novel is the war aspect. Many times they have to fight the forces of Hybern to protect themselves or their people. Unfortunately, this is the part that made this book the weakest of the series. On one hand, I liked how realistically war is shown to be in the trappings of this fantastical world. However, there are numerous small battles and one large one at the end. They start to blend together and I'm not a huge fan of books about war. The plot had many twists and turns, which made the book unpredictable. Another criticism I had is the ending, which feels a little too convenient all around. I'm hopeful that Sarah J. Maas will be continuing the series, so it's not a permanent ending. Overall, the series is enjoyable with a relatable protagonist, a worthy love interest, and nonstop action throughout.
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LibraryThing member nevong
I waited and waited for A Court of Wings and Ruin and Ms. Maas delivered. One word. Fantastic.
LibraryThing member Vanessah_Baker
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I LOVED this book. I loved it with all my heart. I've heard a lot of people say they were very disappointed in this book, and I cannot see how. This book blew me away.
The book was kicked off with a bad ass Feyre destroying the Spring Court from the inside, and that journey got even
My favorite part of this whole book was the war. When Feyre's father made that big grand entrance (along with the other two armies that came to fight for Prythian), I became to tear up. It was just so amazing. I KNEW something was up with their father, he was just gone for way too long in my eyes. I felt he was killed off way too quickly though. He contributed a lot in helping with the war, he was even gone for months on end with his daughters having no clue where he was. He didn't even live long enough for Feyre, Nesta, or Elain to say thank you or anything. But the only death that had me near to sobbing was Ryhsand's death. I knew - I KNEW - that when he kept saying "I love you" to Feyre, that it was over. He was done. But when she actually seen him on the ground and began freaking out, that's when the waterworks started. Then all the high lords gave that little puff of life, and Feyre had to too. Just.. yes. And Tamlin ending that scene with "Be happy, Feyre", I nearly died myself.
Even with all the things I loved in this book, there were still a few things I didn't love. After awhile, I got really annoyed with Elain and how she was acting. I understand her whole life was ruined when she was forcefully turned into Fae, but she's not the only one. It happened to Nesta, and things equally as bad happened to Feyre. I just feel like Elain's character didn't go anywhere. Nesta grew, Feyre grew in past books, but Elain is the only sister that didn't grow. She stayed in that whiny headspace and was mourning for a guy who no longer wanted her. I just wish something would've changed within her.
That's kinda my only big complaint, but I loved this book with all my heart.
I LOVED this book. I loved it with all my heart. I've heard a lot of people say they were very disappointed in this book, and I cannot see how. This book blew me away.
The book was kicked off with a bad ass Feyre destroying the Spring Court from the inside, and that journey got even
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better when she killed the king of Hybern's niece and nephew. I was actually so surprised when Lucien told Feyre he was coming with her to the Night Court. Of course, he was only coming because his mate was there but I didn't think he'd actually go against Tamlin and leave. I expected their journey together to bring them closer, but obviously that's not what happened. I couldn't really get why he was so upset with her because he even knew that she wasn't being truthful to Tamlin, she was being a spy. ANYWAYS, by the end of this book, I was very satisfied with how all the character's relationships played out. I'm also very glad that the other characters stopped seeing Tamlin as his mistakes. After all, he's just a man who's made a few bad choices (not trying to justify what he did to Feyre because that was horrible, but I'm glad that he was allowed to grow as a character in this book and help save Prythain), so when he saved Feyre my heart was SO HAPPY.My favorite part of this whole book was the war. When Feyre's father made that big grand entrance (along with the other two armies that came to fight for Prythian), I became to tear up. It was just so amazing. I KNEW something was up with their father, he was just gone for way too long in my eyes. I felt he was killed off way too quickly though. He contributed a lot in helping with the war, he was even gone for months on end with his daughters having no clue where he was. He didn't even live long enough for Feyre, Nesta, or Elain to say thank you or anything. But the only death that had me near to sobbing was Ryhsand's death. I knew - I KNEW - that when he kept saying "I love you" to Feyre, that it was over. He was done. But when she actually seen him on the ground and began freaking out, that's when the waterworks started. Then all the high lords gave that little puff of life, and Feyre had to too. Just.. yes. And Tamlin ending that scene with "Be happy, Feyre", I nearly died myself.
Even with all the things I loved in this book, there were still a few things I didn't love. After awhile, I got really annoyed with Elain and how she was acting. I understand her whole life was ruined when she was forcefully turned into Fae, but she's not the only one. It happened to Nesta, and things equally as bad happened to Feyre. I just feel like Elain's character didn't go anywhere. Nesta grew, Feyre grew in past books, but Elain is the only sister that didn't grow. She stayed in that whiny headspace and was mourning for a guy who no longer wanted her. I just wish something would've changed within her.
That's kinda my only big complaint, but I loved this book with all my heart.
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LibraryThing member nbmars
Note: There will necessarily be spoilers for the first two books in this saga; this is the third.
I loved the first and second books, A Court of Thorns and Roses, and A Court of Mist and Fury. But this book was my least favorite of any of the Sarah Mass ongoing fantasy series.
Feyre is now High Lady
Feyre is playing a dangerous game against powerful forces in the Fae Kingdom. Her first step is to “make Tamlin believe, truly believe, that I loved him and this place, and everyone in it. So that he would not suspect when I turned them on each other.”
Eventually she manages to pretty much destroy Tamlin’s Court and to escape back to Rhys, along with Lucien, Tamlin’s second. Lucien still is loyal to Tamlin but he believes Feyre’s sister Elain to be his true mate, and feels compelled to go to her. Thus Feyre succeeds in taking almost everything from Tamlin, but she feels fine about it. In fact, after confronting her faults and shortcomings in a magic mirror, she confesses that with all the wretched things she saw, “the pride and the hypocrisy and the shame” - “I think - I think I loved it. Forgave it - me. All of it.”
Meanwhile, she is reunited with her true mate Rhys, and they have earth-shattering sex that, unlike in previous books, is a bit cringe-worthy. The writing of these scenes seemed “tired” in spite of all the hyperbole and mutual “claiming.” Feyre even has a couple “lip-biting” episodes right out of “Fifty Shades.”
When not having sex, they are all preparing for war against Hybern. Feyre also has plenty of advice for the group, even though she is basically a teen and they have all been alive for more than 500 years. No one seems to mind. The cause of the war is the question over the the future of Fae and humans, and the outcome is unsure. It will depend in part whether Feyre, her sisters Nesta and Elain, and Amren, all of whom were “created” Fae by the Cauldron, can counter the magic power of the Cauldron.
The ending was a bit surprising, and possibly over the top, if anything can be over the top in a fantasy series.
Discussion: In the first book, Feyre started out as a somewhat bratty, self-absorbed ingrate, but in the second she gradually grew up and became a more well-rounded person. Here she goes back to her “roots” but everyone loves her anyway.
Moreover, she makes constant sacrifices for her sisters, one of whom, Nesta, was especially always so nasty to her in the past, and hasn’t changed much. Yet Feyre has infinite patience and forgiveness for Nesta, as opposed to say Tamlin, whose main crime seems to be that he didn’t include Feyre in the business.
Finally, there were a number of scenes I thought were gratuitous, or over-written, and could have been eliminated. I got the feeling they were included so the author could add diversity and sensitivity to gender issues. But they seemed tacked on, and dragged out the story without adding much.
Evaluation: While I was disappointed with this book, it wasn’t like I couldn’t read it, and probably not like I can’t read the next….
I loved the first and second books, A Court of Thorns and Roses, and A Court of Mist and Fury. But this book was my least favorite of any of the Sarah Mass ongoing fantasy series.
Feyre is now High Lady
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of the Night Court, but she is keeping it a secret, since she is still “incognito” at Tamlin’s Spring Court, pretending to be faithful to him so that she can destroy him. As far as she is concerned, Tamlin is wholly evil, even though he not only did so much for her and her family in the past, but as she said herself, “he’d sold out all of Prythian, sold out everything decent and good in himself, to retrieve me.” You would think she would at least appreciate that what he did was to save her.Feyre is playing a dangerous game against powerful forces in the Fae Kingdom. Her first step is to “make Tamlin believe, truly believe, that I loved him and this place, and everyone in it. So that he would not suspect when I turned them on each other.”
Eventually she manages to pretty much destroy Tamlin’s Court and to escape back to Rhys, along with Lucien, Tamlin’s second. Lucien still is loyal to Tamlin but he believes Feyre’s sister Elain to be his true mate, and feels compelled to go to her. Thus Feyre succeeds in taking almost everything from Tamlin, but she feels fine about it. In fact, after confronting her faults and shortcomings in a magic mirror, she confesses that with all the wretched things she saw, “the pride and the hypocrisy and the shame” - “I think - I think I loved it. Forgave it - me. All of it.”
Meanwhile, she is reunited with her true mate Rhys, and they have earth-shattering sex that, unlike in previous books, is a bit cringe-worthy. The writing of these scenes seemed “tired” in spite of all the hyperbole and mutual “claiming.” Feyre even has a couple “lip-biting” episodes right out of “Fifty Shades.”
When not having sex, they are all preparing for war against Hybern. Feyre also has plenty of advice for the group, even though she is basically a teen and they have all been alive for more than 500 years. No one seems to mind. The cause of the war is the question over the the future of Fae and humans, and the outcome is unsure. It will depend in part whether Feyre, her sisters Nesta and Elain, and Amren, all of whom were “created” Fae by the Cauldron, can counter the magic power of the Cauldron.
The ending was a bit surprising, and possibly over the top, if anything can be over the top in a fantasy series.
Discussion: In the first book, Feyre started out as a somewhat bratty, self-absorbed ingrate, but in the second she gradually grew up and became a more well-rounded person. Here she goes back to her “roots” but everyone loves her anyway.
Moreover, she makes constant sacrifices for her sisters, one of whom, Nesta, was especially always so nasty to her in the past, and hasn’t changed much. Yet Feyre has infinite patience and forgiveness for Nesta, as opposed to say Tamlin, whose main crime seems to be that he didn’t include Feyre in the business.
Finally, there were a number of scenes I thought were gratuitous, or over-written, and could have been eliminated. I got the feeling they were included so the author could add diversity and sensitivity to gender issues. But they seemed tacked on, and dragged out the story without adding much.
Evaluation: While I was disappointed with this book, it wasn’t like I couldn’t read it, and probably not like I can’t read the next….
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LibraryThing member N.W.Moors
What a fabulous series! In the third book of A Court of Thorns and Roses, we reach the culmination of the war with Hybern. There's plenty of action along the way as Feyre and Rhys battle and scheme to use every advantage against the evil king's magic and greater forces.
Many of the characters from
Ms. Maas' writing makes the book a page-turner and she wraps up all the loose ends to the main plot pretty well. The battle scenes are well-written (and there's a lot of them). My one quibble was how everyone was paired off so neatly. Some still have to work things out, but I'm never thrilled when I'm reading about beings who are hundreds of years old who all find their life-partners all at once. There are a few people still waiting and a few of the other High Lords who've mated, but too many couples found each other in the space of a short period of time, in my opinion. Still, that's a minor thing in the overall series.
The Anne Bishop influence didn't seem as strong as in the second book though there are some LOTR throwbacks that happen in parts of the story. Nothing that I minded, just reminders of Tolkien's stories. It's a series well worth reading for lovers of fantasy.
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the first two books reappear here, some to reap their rewards and some to sacrifice for the greater good. There's a lot of foreshadowing for possible other books set in the world of Prythian, and I look forward to reading them also. Ms. Maas' writing makes the book a page-turner and she wraps up all the loose ends to the main plot pretty well. The battle scenes are well-written (and there's a lot of them). My one quibble was how everyone was paired off so neatly. Some still have to work things out, but I'm never thrilled when I'm reading about beings who are hundreds of years old who all find their life-partners all at once. There are a few people still waiting and a few of the other High Lords who've mated, but too many couples found each other in the space of a short period of time, in my opinion. Still, that's a minor thing in the overall series.
The Anne Bishop influence didn't seem as strong as in the second book though there are some LOTR throwbacks that happen in parts of the story. Nothing that I minded, just reminders of Tolkien's stories. It's a series well worth reading for lovers of fantasy.
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LibraryThing member aurorapaigem
This was probably my least favorite book in the series. The beginning started out with such promise when Feyre was back in the Spring Court, but then
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was wasted when nothing really came out of her being there except for Lucien coming with her by accident.
*Safe*
The author added too
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no mention of Feyre's child.
*Safe*
I know the point of this series, was to fall in love with the characters in the first book and then to have your world turned upside down in the second when things aren't what they appeared to be, but I guess that's why I was most disappointed with this book. There was no earth shattering plot twist. They made Fayre this strong independent High Lady and then left her cowering in fear on the battlefield. There's a difference between showing a character's flaws and totally tearing down any strength that they had established.
The friendships that this story was built on did come across as genuine though, which can be a very hard thing to come across from just reading a book. I felt that the most important part of the story was not this self-discovery of Feyre's, but the building of a family based on friendships.
After finishing the series, I am strongly considering rereading the first book and trying to pick up on all the things that Fayre claimed made her miserable. Poor Tamlin. He just loved her too much and showed it in all the wrong ways.
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was wasted when nothing really came out of her being there except for Lucien coming with her by accident.
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many new elements to this book that really didn't need to be there and left some obvious gaps in the storyline for possible spin-off books. I thought she did a pretty decent job of tiddying up loose ends, but still left some elements to be imagined such as, ***spoiler***
no mention of Feyre's child.
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I know the point of this series, was to fall in love with the characters in the first book and then to have your world turned upside down in the second when things aren't what they appeared to be, but I guess that's why I was most disappointed with this book. There was no earth shattering plot twist. They made Fayre this strong independent High Lady and then left her cowering in fear on the battlefield. There's a difference between showing a character's flaws and totally tearing down any strength that they had established.
The friendships that this story was built on did come across as genuine though, which can be a very hard thing to come across from just reading a book. I felt that the most important part of the story was not this self-discovery of Feyre's, but the building of a family based on friendships.
After finishing the series, I am strongly considering rereading the first book and trying to pick up on all the things that Fayre claimed made her miserable. Poor Tamlin. He just loved her too much and showed it in all the wrong ways.
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LibraryThing member iwriteinbooks
Remember that time you read this series that convinced you that you were a fearless warrior?
Remember, too, that you cried real tears when the third book ended?
I guess that was me.
Y’all, I knew within the first one hundred pages of Sarah J. Maas’s first book that I was in for it. Without going
But because some of us are still not caught up, I won’t go into too much detail, here, other than to say that I was terrified that the third book would not outdo the second.
I have arrived safely at the end to report to you that it does.
While A Court of Thorns and Roses tentatively steps into the world of Faeries and humans, leaving A Court of Mist and Fury to run roughshod over our poor demolished, lovesick hearts, Court of Wings and Fury is just another beast altogether. There is a LOT of fighting but it’s not all physical battles and political meetings. Fighting for lives, for love, for loyalty, and friendship makes the tapestry of this fabric and it’s gorgeous.
The most magical character in this entire series is the all encompassing entity of friendship. The Night Court (ahem, no more from me!) just embodies that tight-knit band of brothers and sisters i think each one of us craves but rarely finds.
I am so obsessed with this story and I am still crying because there are no more books until May. Pardon while your resident fearless warrior goes of to pout about it.
Remember, too, that you cried real tears when the third book ended?
I guess that was me.
Y’all, I knew within the first one hundred pages of Sarah J. Maas’s first book that I was in for it. Without going
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overboard, these are the books I think I knew I would always grow up to read.But because some of us are still not caught up, I won’t go into too much detail, here, other than to say that I was terrified that the third book would not outdo the second.
I have arrived safely at the end to report to you that it does.
While A Court of Thorns and Roses tentatively steps into the world of Faeries and humans, leaving A Court of Mist and Fury to run roughshod over our poor demolished, lovesick hearts, Court of Wings and Fury is just another beast altogether. There is a LOT of fighting but it’s not all physical battles and political meetings. Fighting for lives, for love, for loyalty, and friendship makes the tapestry of this fabric and it’s gorgeous.
The most magical character in this entire series is the all encompassing entity of friendship. The Night Court (ahem, no more from me!) just embodies that tight-knit band of brothers and sisters i think each one of us craves but rarely finds.
I am so obsessed with this story and I am still crying because there are no more books until May. Pardon while your resident fearless warrior goes of to pout about it.
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LibraryThing member pennma05
Oh my heart! 700 pages in three days because I literally could not put the book down. My heart is still racing from those last 100 pages.
UPDATE: So in case you don't believe me... I just synced my Fitbit from yesterday that measures active minutes based on heart rate and movement. I literally did
UPDATE: So in case you don't believe me... I just synced my Fitbit from yesterday that measures active minutes based on heart rate and movement. I literally did
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not do anything active yesterday and yet it registered me as having 69 active minutes which is about the time I spent finishing this book last night! So I'm not exaggerating when I say this book will get your heart pumping! :) Show Less
LibraryThing member tamaranewman
I think if I read this immediately after the first two I would have been able to give it five stars. As it stands I couldn't get into it the same way and it took me forever to finish. The last quarter or so sucked me in a lot more though. Tears were shed.
LibraryThing member nessa33
I don't even know what to say about this. Like I'm kinda torn for words here. I loved this book. Hell, I love the whole damn series but this one was a little much. There was just soooo much of everything! So much information, so much action, so many politics that sometimes it was hard to keep my
Don't get my wrong, this is still getting 5 HUGE stars from me because I am absolutely obsessed with this world and all the characters in it. SO well written and kept me wanting more even with all the mind breaks I needed. When I finished, I felt this sort of calm you feel when everything just falls into place, you know? I still have questions, which I'm sure will be answered in upcoming books. ACOMAF is still my favorite though. Hands freakin' down!!
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head in the game. I honestly think this either could have been a shorter book OR (at risk of being flogged by my fellow readers) written into two books. I had to take so many breaks while reading because I felt like my head was going to explode from so much going on all at once! Don't get my wrong, this is still getting 5 HUGE stars from me because I am absolutely obsessed with this world and all the characters in it. SO well written and kept me wanting more even with all the mind breaks I needed. When I finished, I felt this sort of calm you feel when everything just falls into place, you know? I still have questions, which I'm sure will be answered in upcoming books. ACOMAF is still my favorite though. Hands freakin' down!!
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LibraryThing member nbmars
Note: There will necessarily be spoilers for the first two books in this saga; this is the third. I loved the first and second books, A Court of Thorns and Roses, and A Court of Mist and Fury. But this book was my least favorite of any of the Sarah Mass ongoing fantasy series. Feyre is now High
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Lady of the Night Court, but she is keeping it a secret, since she is still “incognito” at Tamlin’s Spring Court, pretending to be faithful to him so that she can destroy him. As far as she is concerned, Tamlin is wholly evil, even though he not only did so much for her and her family in the past, but as she said herself, “he’d sold out all of Prythian, sold out everything decent and good in himself, to retrieve me.” You would think she would at least appreciate that what he did was to save her. Feyre is playing a dangerous game against powerful forces in the Fae Kingdom. Her first step is to “make Tamlin believe, truly believe, that I loved him and this place, and everyone in it. So that he would not suspect when I turned them on each other.” Eventually she manages to pretty much destroy Tamlin’s Court and to escape back to Rhys, along with Lucien, Tamlin’s second. Lucien still is loyal to Tamlin but he believes Feyre’s sister Elain to be his true mate, and feels compelled to go to her. Thus Feyre succeeds in taking almost everything from Tamlin, but she feels fine about it. In fact, after confronting her faults and shortcomings in a magic mirror, she confesses that with all the wretched things she saw, “the pride and the hypocrisy and the shame” - “I think - I think I loved it. Forgave it - me. All of it.” Meanwhile, she is reunited with her true mate Rhys, and they have earth-shattering sex that, unlike in previous books, is a bit cringe-worthy. The writing of these scenes seemed “tired” in spite of all the hyperbole and mutual “claiming.” Feyre even has a couple “lip-biting” episodes right out of “Fifty Shades.” When not having sex, they are all preparing for war against Hybern. Feyre also has plenty of advice for the group, even though she is basically a teen and they have all been alive for more than 500 years. No one seems to mind. The cause of the war is the question over the the future of Fae and humans, and the outcome is unsure. It will depend in part whether Feyre, her sisters Nesta and Elain, and Amren, all of whom were “created” Fae by the Cauldron, can counter the magic power of the Cauldron. The ending was a bit surprising, and possibly over the top, if anything can be over the top in a fantasy series. Discussion: In the first book, Feyre started out as a somewhat bratty, self-absorbed ingrate, but in the second she gradually grew up and became a more well-rounded person. Here she goes back to her “roots” but everyone loves her anyway. Moreover, she makes constant sacrifices for her sisters, one of whom, Nesta, was especially always so nasty to her in the past, and hasn’t changed much. Yet Feyre has infinite patience and forgiveness for Nesta, as opposed to say Tamlin, whose main crime seems to be that he didn’t include Feyre in the business. Finally, there were a number of scenes I thought were gratuitous, or over-written, and could have been eliminated. I got the feeling they were included so the author could add diversity and sensitivity to gender issues. But they seemed tacked on, and dragged out the story without adding much. Evaluation: While I was disappointed with this book, it wasn’t like I couldn’t read it, and probably not like I can’t read the next…. Show Less
LibraryThing member karenvg3
Another stellar addition to this series. I can honestly say a few tear were shed from the last battle scene on. The Elain, the Feyre, and the Nesta... 😭😭😭. I can not wait to continue on with this crew. 5 big old ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ for this one.
LibraryThing member magrra
Of the 3 books this was my least favorite. It did not flow naturally, and too much was forced on us. Seemed contrived to try to appeal to too many different factions, that the first 2 books should have introduced.
LibraryThing member justagirlwithabook
The last of this trilogy as good though not as good as the second one. It was very action packed but also had a lot of winding down that needed to happen since it was the last book and needed to conclude in a nice, neatly wrapped package. I read it in a day (so it was at least that good) and did
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LibraryThing member libgirl69
Great book three! Enjoying the new plot line with the 'bad' fairy.
LibraryThing member acargile
This is book three in A Court of Thorns and Roses series. It takes up right where book two left off.
Fayre is a spy in the enemy’s territory. Tamlin seems to believe that Fayre has returned to her senses, but Lucien seems doubtful. She just has to get enough information and then return to Rhys in
I always hate to say much because I never want to give anything away if someone hasn’t finished or hasn’t read the previous novel. I re-read books one and two and then devoured this novel. There is a book four, which is much shorter than book three. There will be a book five as well. I needed an escape, and these novels were the best prescription. I thoroughly enjoy Ms. Maas’s novels--they are engaging, eventful, and sprinkled with romance. These are reviewed for high school, so they are not in our middle school library.
Fayre is a spy in the enemy’s territory. Tamlin seems to believe that Fayre has returned to her senses, but Lucien seems doubtful. She just has to get enough information and then return to Rhys in
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order to fight more knowledgeably in the war. Her sisters play a large role after what happened in book two. Nesta is just as strong and biting as she has always been, but what she takes from the Cauldron makes everyone question what she is capable of and if her demeanor may prove detrimental or instrumental. Elain is completely different--has she lost her mind? As they grapple to understand the sisters’ roles, Rhys, Feyre, Cassian, Amren, Mor, and Azriel must prepare for a war that cannot be won. I always hate to say much because I never want to give anything away if someone hasn’t finished or hasn’t read the previous novel. I re-read books one and two and then devoured this novel. There is a book four, which is much shorter than book three. There will be a book five as well. I needed an escape, and these novels were the best prescription. I thoroughly enjoy Ms. Maas’s novels--they are engaging, eventful, and sprinkled with romance. These are reviewed for high school, so they are not in our middle school library.
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LibraryThing member bell7
The third and final book in the trilogy that began with A Court of Thorns & Roses begins soon after the second left off, with Feyre back in Tamlin's court pretending to be docile but really, as High Lady of the Night court, planning her former lover's demise. Meanwhile, Hybern's plot to take down
I don't tend to read series books one on top of the other, but I made an exception for this one, starting it mere minutes after I'd finished me reread of A Court of Mist & Fury. The plot starts off methodically and builds until you get to the breakneck denouement and don't want to put the book down. I found it an incredibly satisfying end to the story, and look forward to seeing what the author has next.
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the wall between Faerie and humankind progresses and Feyre, Rhys and their friends will have to pull out all the stops in their gambit to defeat him.I don't tend to read series books one on top of the other, but I made an exception for this one, starting it mere minutes after I'd finished me reread of A Court of Mist & Fury. The plot starts off methodically and builds until you get to the breakneck denouement and don't want to put the book down. I found it an incredibly satisfying end to the story, and look forward to seeing what the author has next.
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LibraryThing member oddandbookish
So it took me forever to finish this because I was so busy with school but I thoroughly enjoyed this. A lot.
As usual the last 200 pages were crazy. Like a roller coaster of emotions. So much stuff happened in those pages I'm still processing it all.
Rhys really is the most perfect guy ever. The
Overall, I really really loved this.
As usual the last 200 pages were crazy. Like a roller coaster of emotions. So much stuff happened in those pages I'm still processing it all.
Rhys really is the most perfect guy ever. The
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whole time I was reading this I kept thinking, man I need a guy like that. Overall, I really really loved this.
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Awards
Yoto Carnegie Medal for Writing (Nominee — 2018)
Dragon Award (Finalist — 2017)
Language
Original language
English
Original publication date
2017
Physical description
720 p.; 6.34 inches
ISBN
1619634481 / 9781619634480