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A Court of Silver Flames by Sarah J. Maas

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jadeilona_'s review

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adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

4.5

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jkonczak's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark emotional reflective medium-paced

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

3.5

I found the first half of the book tedious and repetitive. Second half was better. Too much self reflection and sex - I think the point could have been made with a few hundred fewer pages.

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quietlex's review

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adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious 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? Yes

5.0

I really hated Nesta throughout the beginning. The self sabotage and rock bottom spiraling was just too much. But it was all necessary, to watch her climb tooth and nail up that mountain to find true happiness: a chosen family, honest friends, and a burning love. I’ll always love a deadly powerful female ripping at the seams with unknown strengths; Nesta truly lived up to the title “Queen of Death.”

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I do wish she was able to unleash herself and her powers more, and learn to hone them to become even deadlier. She finally begins to embrace her true self right when she offers up her stolen power back to the Cauldron. Also, what the hell happened with Mor and Eris! They keep alluding that someone different happened, that Eris isn’t actually this awful male that left his betrothed to die in the woods.

I really enjoyed the friendships that blossomed between Nesta, Emerie, and Gwyn, their pure strength and determination that kept them together and pushing on. The love that they had for each other, no judgement, just acceptance and understanding. Exactly what Nesta needed, just as much as the other women needed it. They are the parallel to Rhys, Cassian, and Azriel.

I’m upset she had to give up a portion of her powers to save Feyre and Rhys and the baby, despite understanding her reasoning. Not just to save them, but also the fact that she never wanted her powers, never really used them at all. I saw another review talking about how instead of a redemption arc, Nesta should’ve been given a villain arc. Really let loose and go feral with all that power of Death. She was truly unstoppable if she could’ve just kept training her magic. I wanted her to go Red Witch style, burning everything in her path with those icy flames of silver. Not give up before she’s even started. Especially not to use her one chance to alter herself with fleeing powers to change her womb for future winged babies. Barf boring lame. I figured one baby was enough pregnancy drama. At least it was only kept to a portion of the book, and we didn’t have to hear whatever insufferable narration would’ve accompanied from Feyre. Sorry but I don’t care about that kid, even if it’s supposed to be something insanely rare. No one even mentioned Mor’s friend being pregnant either. I just felt no connection to that storyline. I wanted Rhys to be High King, not turn into a diaper changing snore.

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butilikeit's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional hopeful reflective tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

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izzy_grace2010's review

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adventurous challenging dark emotional inspiring sad fast-paced

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

5.0

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alli_k20's review

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adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful medium-paced

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

4.5

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shewh0was's review against another edition

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slow-paced

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

2.5

Overall, I have a few issues with the book. The fact that Cassian loves Nesta is what makes him tell her she needs to apologise for her actions feels… wrong. Loving someone shouldn’t be the reason you tell them they’re being an ass. Caring for them, yeah, but if you even consider someone a friend, why would you have any reason to wait until you realise you love them romantically to tell them “by the way, you’re kind of a shitty person.” Loving someone too much shouldn’t be an excuse for hesitating to tell them when they’ve messed up. It can be a reason, but never an excuse.

The sudden shift to third-person in the last book of the series threw me for a loop, but everything being about Nesta also feels… off. As a stand-alone book that could be disconnected from the series, I feel like it would have done well, since this feels like a lot of extra filler plot that doesn’t really move on the story of ACOTAR, ACOMF, and ACOWR, & ACOFS.

I also have a small issue with the complete LACK of communication 95% of the time between love interests. Instead of sitting down and talking like adults, they resort to fighting and then… doing the dirty tango. That’s… not communicating. That’s just pushing away a problem. Half of the issue with the plot would easily be solved if the characters simply TALKED TO EACH OTHER. The fae’s political issues also highlight this. GUYS. SIT DOWN AND TALK INSTEAD OF POINTING FINGERS. HOW HAS YOUR EMPIRE LASTED SO LONG WHEN ALL YOU DO IS POINT A FINGER AT A DIFFERENT COURT AND SAY “this is your fault.” THAT SOLVES NOTHING AT ALL.

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Discussing Nesta’s issues is essential, yes, and the crew’s response to her problems may not have been the best choice, but it was better than nothing (if a bit of a shitty response to how to deal with alcoholism and complex mental health issues that could stem from a poor situation or lack of information and research on SJM’s part). Towards the end of the book, it felt rushed, and the whole segment with Feyre giving birth to Nyx felt incredibly out of place. The whole pregnancy felt out of place and rushed, especially when Feyre said herself a few books back that she wanted to wait to have kids, but I guess that didn't matter when she stopped fighting a war. Feyre being pushed down to becoming what’s essentially a housewife feels so out of place with her entire arc and that really irks me.

I’m also going to say that it’s a bit weird to dedicate a book that’s mostly awful smut scenes to your husband and 2-year old son.

Maybe I’m being overly critical of the books as a whole, but ACOTAR as a series is absolutely not a read again in a month series for me. It’ll be a read-it-once-a-year kind of series. It didn’t hit in the same way that other books I’ve read have and doesn’t necessarily have the specific spark of a book that is really, really good.

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