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A Court of Silver Flames by Sarah J. Maas

315 reviews

tzal's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional reflective slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Pregnancy

Moderate: Sexual content, Rape, Misogyny, Sexual violence, and Sexual assault

kiwij96's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious 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? Yes

5.0

This book is a love story to women. It touches on friendship, loneliness, love, depression, trauma, family, and life.

This was totally different to the previous books in this series as it focused on Cassian and Nesta. And yes, there is incredibly graphic sexual content in it that even made me blush. But this book is so much more than that. It is the story of strength, perseverance, and of love. Of women who have horrific personal stories to tell, and who are ready to take on their world.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Rape, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, Blood, Death, Death of parent, Grief, Pregnancy, Addiction, Alcoholism, Gore, and Physical abuse

ariel_bloomer's review

adventurous dark medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.5

If you look at book reviews of series, you’ll typically see that by books 3, 4, and further, most ratings below a 4 have steeply dropped off. This is because the only people who have continued reading into the series are predisposed to like the books. 

Anyway, this book 4 is a shitshow that screamed MoneyGrab to me. Like an author and publisher had seen the money rolling in from the first books and going “can’t we just… keep going and add some more?” This book seemed far less thought out, and doubled down on the sexy bits while shoehorning in some plot here and there. (Hence feeling very much like pandering)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Sexual content, Miscarriage, Pregnancy, and Violence

Moderate: Rape, War, and Sexual assault

Additional birth and pregnancy content warnings:

Spoiler

birth trauma, maternal death, stillbirth, emergency c-section

ashleynp24's review

adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense medium-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

4.75

Boy, was this a SPICY book. 

I didn’t expect it to be this spicy, considering the past few books having a nice mix of politics and war in it. While this book did have some action, a lot of it was a romance, which I did enjoy a lot. 

I always liked Nesta, even though she was such an unlikeable character the past few books, but the character development in this book was so good. She really got her redemption arc, while it also worked to tell us a little more about the other characters. Her determination and attitude made her a really fun character to read about.

I do wish it had a little more of Feyre and Rhys just because I’m so used to their POV with the past few books and I felt there wasn’t much except about the baby. Regardless, I loved Cassian and Nesta’s hate to love dynamic, and was delighted with the depiction of Nesta and her female friendships. 

Their friendship was so wholesome and needed to kind of break up how dark parts of this book were. Overall, really liked getting to learn more about Nesta, and I hope the next few books announced lean into Elain and Azriel so we can get to know them more.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Gore, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Body horror, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicide attempt, Violence, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Physical abuse, War, Pregnancy, Rape, and Sexual content

jlyles_177's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Grief, Death, Blood, Cursing, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, and Mental illness

Moderate: Sexism, Misogyny, Pregnancy, Murder, Physical abuse, Rape, Injury/Injury detail, War, and Violence

hxlleann's review

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring reflective tense 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Alcoholism, Confinement, War, Misogyny, Blood, Sexual content, Grief, Pregnancy, Death of parent, Mental illness, Rape, Sexual assault, and Sexism

banscout's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense medium-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

if there is one thing that sjm can do incredibly well, it is writing mental health, it is writing the worst lows that have no apparent end and how those lows do not have to be constant. how suffering does not have to be experienced alone. that all of it begins when you come to that grave realisation that something is terribly wrong, and that there is a life we are all worthy of experiencing. that there is hope, and that hope will guide us, through whatever it is that we battle. no battles are fruitless, and nesta is the embodiment of that. whilst trauma will lay upon us open wounds, those open wounds will one day scar. and those scars that may never fade with age will only be just that - scars. this book is a symphony for those who one day thought they'd never make it. but you did. there will always be another tomorrow. the sun will always rise again. so breathe.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Alcoholism, Body horror, Cursing, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Addiction, Eating disorder, Gore, and Violence

Moderate: Death, Sexual assault, Child abuse, Pregnancy, Rape, Vomit, Suicidal thoughts, and Animal death

Minor: Excrement and Miscarriage

britwalsh16's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring reflective medium-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

4.75

I’m officially a Nesta simp! I never hated her, but she wasn’t my favorite, until this book! 
I love her journey, & her growth throughout the book, there’s just so much I could say! But basically she is a badass female! 
Also, Emerie & Gwyn! I love The trios dynamic! And how they’re there for each other! Let’s go Valkyrie’s!! There are some badass females in this book!!
And Cassian! *dreamy* 🥰
I love his story & getting to hear his side of the journey too! And him & Nesta! Damn! 🔥 #NessianForLife
This whole series has captured my heart!!! I can’t wait for the next book!!! 💜

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Murder, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Addiction, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Pregnancy, Alcohol, Blood, Physical abuse, and Violence

Moderate: Death of parent

Minor: Child abuse and Panic attacks/disorders

redheadsuperpowers's review

adventurous dark emotional reflective tense 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

5.0

I really liked this book,which I was a bit surprised about, as the main character in this is Nesta, who has consistently been a PITA the rest of the series. I love the found family feels in this, and the deeper exploration of friends that turn into family. The dive into the magic system in the one was great. We got to see just how varied powers can be in their world. The background info on the Archeron's life before their Father's original downfall was interesting, especially since it was presented as Feyre was too young to really remember the events shared. I love love love Nesta and Cassian's interactions, and while I am not the biggest fan of spicy scenes, there was enough plot around it for me to enjoy the book. The thematic arc of women taking back their power was just *chefs kiss*. I quite like Emerie, and would love to see more of her in future installments of the series hopefully. I also really appreciate the triumphant moments that the characters get. This was such a good book. I am glad my coworker Jordan got me to continue reading the series after the disappointment of the first book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism and Sexual content

Moderate: Rape, Sexual violence, and Sexual assault

Minor: Body horror, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Medical content, Death, Grief, Body shaming, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Murder, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Alcoholism, and Blood

farmpaws's review

2.0

Like all SJ Maas books in this series, it would be enormously improved by getting rid of the over complicated plot, branding it erotica, and really having fun with the court intrigue/politics. The author spreads herself too thin trying to cover sex/rivalry/plot and ends up with a product that is just too confusing to understand. I don’t remember anything that happened in this book apart from the rampant gender essentialism and coercion control dressed up as a clash of personalities in one case, and a ‘protective’ lover in another case. Her writing is fine and the characters are at least a bit interesting, but I find that once they become the main love interest they all become the same. Unfortunate, because I originally thought Cassian was the most interesting of all the characters. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Pregnancy, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, and Terminal illness

Moderate: Body shaming

This relationship has every red flag possible dressed up as sexy