Reviews with content warning for Panic attacks/disorders - A Court of Mist and Fury

Holy cringe. Finally, I'm done with it.

What is nuance? Subtlety? Sarah J. Maas obviously does not know. Her writing is horrible, her characters are all the same—beautiful, super powerful, with tragic past and blah blah blah—her dialogues are on the level with 5 graders joking about balls and dicks, her sex scenes are the cringiest, and her plots make no sense. Whoever says that this is the best book they've ever read, I'm begging them to read something else.

I'm just gonna include the most eye-rolling bits:

“No wonder you’re so thin if you vomit up your guts every night.”

Why on EARTH would S.J. Maas put this in??

"Rhys merely shrugged and looked to me. To let me choose. Always—it was always my choice with him these days."

Oh my god, the bare minimum... we stan

"He jerked his chin at my tattoo. “Give a shout down the bond if you get anything accomplished before breakfast.” [...] “You could try rubbing it on certain body parts and I might come faster.”
Alone in the frost-gilded forest, I replayed his words and a quiet chuckle rasped out of me.

Oh my god, girl PLEASE!!!!!

“And is being immortal lovelier than being human?”
[...] I looked the High Lord of Summer up and down, as he had examined me, brazenly and without a shred of politeness, and then said, “You tell me.”
Tarquin’s eyes crinkled. “You are a pearl. [...]"

INCREDIBLE comeback from Feyre! The wits! The smarts!

I said to Lucien, low and quiet and as vicious as the talons that formed at the tips of my fingers, as vicious as the wondrous weight between my shoulder blades, “When you spend so long trapped in darkness, Lucien, you find that the darkness begins to stare back.”

😐😐😐

I wouldn’t think of why this position was one he wanted to end in, to have me banish the stained dark with the light.

But I would glow—for him, I’d glow. For my own future, I’d glow.

Yes, the glow and the darkness are literal here. And it's a sex scene.

And, obviously, Feyre is all powerful and good at absolutely everything (including reading and writing that she spent what, a week on learning?).

These books are trash :)

P.S. Sarianna Silvonen did an incredible job translating the book into Finnish, improving the text as much as it was possible.

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nitecrtlvr's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark emotional funny lighthearted sad fast-paced

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

4.75

One of my favorites in the series. Deals with trauma and has great character development with a loveable love story. It’s hard to put down even after reading it a few times it’s that good!

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thereallu_'s review against another edition

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adventurous emotional inspiring medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

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mmccombs's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional medium-paced

4.0

Okay this was so fun to read!! It’s got Faerie paperwork, Faerie bank accounts, vulgar gestures, and enough growls and hisses and snarls to fill a zoo. This was much stronger than the first installment, and actually made the first one make more sense, though it was still often goofy and full of weird plot holes. I truly have no concept of what anyone’s powers are, they seem limitless until there is a random thing they can’t do, but even then they might be able to do it at a later time. And the plot really didn’t make much sense at all

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like when Feyre got mad about the mate reveal, I feel like the only reason she was angry was to get them alone in a cabin for a sex marathon, not because she would be legitimately angry at the bond with a person she obviously loves

. And I will say SJM can write about trauma in a surprisingly nuanced way, so that made Feyre’s character arc much more compelling than in ACOTAR. The last few chapters had me ON EDGE! I had a blast reading this and I guess now I am, perhaps begrudgingly, a sjm girlie. I’m hooked! You got me!

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readwithria's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional tense medium-paced

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

4.5

**2023 REREAD**

This book is great. It stands up on a reread so well, and it’s also fun to see the foreshadowing and the little Easter eggs.

The plot is definitely the weakest part of the book until the last hour or so. This is definitely a romance first, high fantasy second. If that’s what you’re looking for, you’ll have a lot of fun!

The relationship progression is definitely fast, but I can see why. The characters in this book all deserve so much room for growth and development, and I’m excited to see it in the rest of my reread.

My original rating stands up. 4.5 stars.

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livvmarks's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious sad tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Literally the best book I’ve ever read I cannot stop thinking about it, it literally is immediately my #1 of all time <3

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butilikeit's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

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alexxxxx's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted mysterious tense medium-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? No

4.5

The second book in this series is much stronger and more enjoyable than its predecessor. I feel like every aspect of this series: writing, character development, dialogue, world building, etc. was improved in this book. There haven't been a TON of surprises, but I found it still a fun read!

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