Reviews with content warning for Sexual harassment - A Court of Silver Flames

4⭐️
I knew I loved the action and plot-driven parts of ACOTAR, but I didn't realize how much I like the lead ups SJM's explosive endings until this book. This book was more romance and character driven, while I prefer plot and a sense of tension to be the forefront. There was important things happening, but a lot of it felt background. I decided on 4 stars. It's probably my least favorite of the series so far. I did enjoy learning about Nesta, though. She's insanely badass, and her arc was well done. The knew characters and added found family were amazing as well. This book feels more like a setup for the next one, to be honest. Alot of things were unanswered and hinted at.

I would like to say that after the first couple of smut scenes, I grew tired of them very quickly. They were unnecessary, and I ended up skimming most of them. I think the book could've benefitted from being shorter and cutting a few of those scenes.

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adventurous dark emotional reflective tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

This was arguably one of my least favorite books in the series (ACOFAS takes the cake there). This is only more obvious as it took me 2 months to finish because the first half was sooooo slow. While I never liked Nesta, this book only made me like her a little more.

I think I may have fallen victim to this book being so hyped that the book definitely did not live up to the hype. The action was good as expected from SJM but all the pity party that Nesta was doing (aside from the obvious PTSD and depression she was going through) got boring really quickly. In fact, it made me like Elaine more for her giving it back to Nesta. The book also gave me more appreciation for Cassian but he's still not my favorite bat boy for unrelated reasons 🤷🏽‍♀️

Anyway sorry to all those die hard fans of this book but it was not for me...the first three books were tons better in my opinion.

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adventurous fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

1.75

Read this more for completion sake of the series. While Nesta is a better character than Feyre (more personality, and more character growth), this was also my least enjoyed books of the entire series. Firstly the weakest element of these books is the spice and this had too much. Secondly really disliked the pregnancy subplot, and I don't know why it was even in the book to be honest. It really really really felt like a made up issue, because I could think of a few in-universe ways of fixing it that had to be solved with "oh but we can't do that for some? reason?" and the actual climax of that plot felt like a deus ex machina. I wish this was only about Nesta and the author hadn't written in Feyre changing her mind and deciding to get pregnant at all (I believe this is because the author had a kid). This would have allowed more time for the climax of Nesta's story which felt rushed to me. Finally, the scenes of sword fighting training were wrong. I did like the female friendships in this, it was more fleshed out than the other friendships in the other books.

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