A review by chaoticbiranger
A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas

adventurous emotional 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

3.5

*Just a review of the first book, not the whole series* A very easy read, and honestly feels like The Twilight Saga of my 30s in the sense that it's a captivating series but is definitely more junkfood. It's not really deep or thought provoking, I was never deeply invested in Feyre herself. I was far more invested in everything else around her. As a first person POV, Feyre is honestly insufferable for the first 100 pages, and she's fairly annoying as the sole POV for the remainder of the book but it does gradually improve. There's entirely too much use of the words "muscle", "sensuous", "purr", "growl", and "roar" however it sort of plays into the junk food. It also has some classic familiar tropes. Parentified daughter that's not like other girls, but actually has a higher grand purpose as a Chosen One, and important men in another land are enamored by her spunk; don't forget the archery and hunting skills. 

If you're looking for spice, this is black pepper. I really thought by the way everyone raved on Tiktok calling it "faerie p**n" that it would be a bit more hot under the collar, more explicit, but there's honestly less than three scenes that get exciting. 

What this book did well was actually having reasonable pacing with the love story, it wasn't instant even though it was VERY predictable. 

What this book could do better, more creative world building. Prythian is supposed to be an entirely different land, a different world than our own. But they have typhus and say things like "go to Hell". So apparently this place has a Hell? Capitalized? It took me out of it since they made it a point to briefly explain the religious faerie origin story. 
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