A review by emmad861
A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-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

4.25

I understand why so many people have told me this got them back into reading. It’s Y/A enough to be accessible but then gets sufficiently dark (without getting too grotesque). Though, if I have to read “my bowels turned watery” one more time I’m gonna throw something. Why is that Maas’s favorite phrase? So gross.
It’s funny that the only other contemporary “romantacy” book I’ve read (For The Wolf) had almost the exact same plot structure. Idk if they’re all exactly like this, I have to imagine the genre has some variance. I preferred this much more to that book though.
I greatly enjoyed the end of this book. I thought the trials under the mountain with Rhysand was where it really started to shine. I really like him as a character and was intrigued by the thought of
a potential love triangle
. I found the ending pretty satisfying, though I can’t decide if I would’ve liked it more if
Feyre stayed dead. A noble sacrifice. I guess the story must go on.

While this book wasn’t, like, life changing, I did really enjoy it and I do plan on reading the rest.
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