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A Court of Wings and Ruin (A Court of Thorns and Roses, #3)
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1.5โ
๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ผ๐น๐ผ๐ป๐ด๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐
No offense to the lovers, after reading I certainly know why people love butโ I don't recommend this series. (๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ท๐ช๐ฐ๐ถ๐ด ๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฌ๐ด ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฏ'๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐จ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฅ, ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ต ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ค๐ข๐ถ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ช๐ต'๐ด ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต๐ฉ ๐ช๐ต ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ช๐ฏ๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ)
Thanks for making this book bearable Marta, Rina and Sehrish
My most positive 1 โ review
Ready to be wicked?
๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐
This is a book that is meant to give you fairy-tale vibes in the Faerie Land with a lot happening, it starts with the girl who's gone to take revenge while a wicked King in a far off land in Faerie is planning to get rid of the mortals for centuries and is ready to act on those plans. This girl has to go back home, her family awaits her, her mate awaits her and so do new adventures and war with which come along new bargains with the deadly creatures, who only want a sense of worthiness and taste of life to help coz in this land of Faerie, it seems those things have been long forgotten.
โ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต'๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ด๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ท๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ช๐ค๐ต๐ถ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฌ.
There's NO flow in writing. This is the point where I'd say Maas is a good writer (๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฐ๐จ ๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฌ๐ด) but Maas didn't write this series well. Pacing is the last thing about the writing that I didn't like. This book is unnecessarily 700 pages of which only the starting few chapters and the end is good!
I'm disappointed after reading tog that this is how Maas ended this series. She had a chance to develop characters, the relationships, the intensity, the seriousness of situations and deadliness of the creatures but she didn't do well.
Or the creatures are so fairy-tale-ish that she purposely made a joke of it. But there's still a difference in middle grade fairy-tale-like books and YA and of course NA. (๐๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฆ๐น๐ถ๐ข๐ญ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ต๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต) Maas mixed it all up. She'll give you the fairy tale, she'll give you the sex too.
Not all magic was flash and glittering
I've seen so much fanart and it's so beautiful! More than the characters are described, more than this book deserves.
๐๐๐๐๐ฉ ๐๐ง๐๐ช๐ข๐ฅ๐๐๐ฃ๐ฉโ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐ฉ๐๐ง๐จ ๐๐ฉ๐๐ง๐ฃ๐๐ก
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Once upon a time, there was a beast (๐๐ช๐จ๐ฉ ๐๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฅ) who was cursed along with all of his court. One day, a poor girl entered his life, and did all she could to lift that curse. While lifting the curse, she killed two innocents. Then, when everything became fine and she was about to get married to the love of her life, she was haunted by those memories in her dreams. She couldn't paint because the red colour reminded her of the blood she spilled, the blue colour of the eyes those two had. The beast gave her time to be fine, they had a communication gap, they made love but he never once asked if she's alright. He loved her so much, he was scared to lose her. He loved her too much that he caged her and suffocated her in order to keep her safe with guards around her all the time
That girl left. She left, because she realized no matter what, she didn't love the beast. And he ruined what they had by being an overprotective insecure bastard ๐ that's the limit. I cannot be more positive (๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ธ๐ณ๐ช๐ต๐ฆ ๐ฏ๐ช๐ค๐ฆ๐ญ๐บ)
Feyre returned to the Spring court to take revenge from Tamlin for what he did to her and she did some really cool things but she turned out to be a ridiculous High Lady with always ๐ฎ ๐ฐ๐ต๐ผ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฒ from Rhys. A choice in which he didn't even advise her. Didn't even suggest what he thinks is right and wise from his centuries of experience. The war we've been waiting for from book 2 is here. It's action time!
โNo it's not. We get action ๐ข๐ง๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ ๐๐ฉ๐ข๐ฑ๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ 65 ๐ฐ๐ณ 69
Now it's going to be about what I love and hate about this book so it's definitely gonna have ๐๐ฝ๐ผ๐ถ๐น๐ฒ๐ฟ๐
Things I Really Liked
โข When Tamlin asked Feyre, will you dance with me, when he finally asked her ๐๐ณ๐ฆ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ข๐ญ๐ณ๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ต? I took a breath of relief and I suddenly felt bad coz Feyre isn't in love, isn't trustworthy, isn't sincere. Not anymore.
โข They way Feyre dealt with Ianthe and later with the twin Hybern royalsโ๐๐ณ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฏ๐ข๐จ๐ฉ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐๐ข๐จ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฏ, I thought that was really good! She was finally using her training and putting an end to the pretense which was boring me.
โข When Rhys tells Lucien that he loved Feyre so much that he was willing to lose her to another male and let her marry if that brought her joy, but he wasn't willing to let her suffer, those lines wereโค๏ธ
โข When everyone betted on how long it'd take Lucien to try to see Elaine, that was just so funny and esp when Rhys said, ๐'๐ญ๐ญ ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ค๐ฌ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ข ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐๐ฎ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฏ.
โข When Amren tells Feyre she's acting like Tam, DAMN! I was like: you go Amren!!
โข Seeing Azriel's *cocky* side as Feyre puts it, I must say I was so glad coz in acomaf he was just in the shadows
โข the idea of a mirror that drives you mad had the most of my interest and I couldn't wait to see what will happen, especially because once you had it, you'd have the window to the world!
โข When Rhys said, ๐๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ณ ๐๐ข๐ด๐ด๐ช๐ข๐ฏ ๐ธ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ค๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ด๐ต ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ค๐ณ๐ถ๐ช๐ต๐
โข lastly, when Tamlin surprised me. This was the one and only thing that I didn't predict + what he did to protect Feyre
THINGS I HATED SO MUCH + about Characters
๐๐๐ฌ๐ฅ๐
Her thoughts and references to paintings suck.
What she did to the Spring court sucked.
Rather than sitting with Tam and having a conversation, she did... What she did :/ she's just annoying and not connectable. A very boring and detached main character who's pov we have to read through! TORTURE!
๐ ๐ข๐ฅ
Lost potential. What Maas said to use as an excuse for her not being with Azriel wasn't nice. Why did Maas have to use sexuality like that?
๐๐ ๐ฅ๐๐ก
For a sec when I thought she betrayed us, I hated it!!
๐๐ญ๐ฅ๐๐๐
The fact that he talks in this book and has a lot more appearance is just amazing! A character I don't know at all but would like to read more about if only to see what he's like when he actually talks, lol.
๐๐๐ฆ๐ฆ๐๐๐ก
I LOVE YOU, BAT ๐ฆ I love your sense of humour, your character and your personality. But WHY THE HELL DO YOU LOOK AT NESTA? and what was all that about I wish we had more time together?? What, her arrogance is THAT attractive? I know attractive arrogant characters, they're lovable, she is NOT! No chemistry, too sudden.
๐ง๐๐ ๐๐๐ก
I have mixed feelings for him. He's unforgivable but I just think that he deserves better than Feyre. He did a lot for her, she did a lot for him but it's ruined for what both of them did later. Not just Tam. And I hope he's fine. I just LOVED the shitty things he said in the High Lord's meeting coz even though I was feeling bad, I was so so glad that he offered the bitter truth.
๐ฉ๐๐ฆ๐ฆ๐
The Lost Queenโfirebird.
The Queen with a swan lake-like curse she asked Feyre if she could break and I'm so not interested in reading even a bit about it!
๐๐๐๐๐ก๐
The delicate girl who's stuck in a new body and knows she won't be accepted by her betrothed now. She's BORING! I did care a little bit about her but hey, back off. This girl from talking in half riddles, from always looking out the window, not eating, being depressed suddenly changed! She got Azriel's Truth-teller dagger, fine!! But using it to kill the king was the most ridiculous thing Maas wrote for Elaine's character and also affected the king's character. I burst out laughing when I read like when the hell did you wake up girl? When did you get back the presence of Mind?
๐ก๐๐ฆ๐ง๐
She was mean, she was rude. She never cared in acotar that Feyre risked her life to go hunting with the thought and will to feed her family. She never cared that Feyre was young, that one day she might not return. And Nesta never asked why you do it. Never had been grateful to her. But suddenly, she cares to ask why Feyre is going to the meeting, suddenly she cares to do something nice. Fine. It's good you're becoming better. But out of nowhere, Nesta is always winnowing with Cassian, always staring, gazing, watching, looking at Cassian, cares about Cassian like what the hell??? Cassian is amazing by himself, he doesn't need to be paired with. With. With Nesta!! It's just so forced! No chemistry, no connection! No relationship development. It's just dumped on us!
My Love/Hate for the CREATURES
๐๐ฅ๐ฌ๐๐ซ๐๐ฆ
No proper scene or words on how and what exactly he did! All we know is Bryaxis is ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ค๐ ๐๐๐๐ฅ๐๐จ๐ฉ ๐๐๐๐ง๐จ. Could we not get description on it? Could we not get one scene to imagine the hell he caused? ๐ And this ๐๐ฉ ๐ด๐ฐ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐ญ๐บ ๐ค๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ต๐ถ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฐ ๐๐ข๐ด๐ด๐ช๐ข๐ฏ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ญ๐ฅ๐ฏ'๐ต ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ข๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ข๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต wants ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ข๐ฏ๐บ? ๐ ๐ธ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ณ๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ด๐ถ๐ฏ๐ด๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ? This thought was so beautiful saying ๐๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ช๐ด๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฐ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ฅ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ ๐ช๐ต'๐ด ๐ค๐ฆ๐ญ๐ญ, the thought that they're deadly but not really dark in nature was LOVELY but it was also ridiculous at the same time coz that's just how Maas wrote it :/
๐ง๐๐ ๐๐ข๐ก๐ ๐๐๐ฅ๐ฉ๐๐ฅ
I loved carver for being so cunning, for his bargains, for his different appearances to everyone but I did not like that all he needed to see was if Feyre was worthy. After giving this book things like NA sexual scenes, if Maas expects to give this fairy-tale-like touch I cannot accept it. It just seemed a hell lot ridiculous!
๐ง๐๐ ๐ช๐๐๐ฉ๐๐ฅ
Carver's sister who ๐๐ค๐ช๐ฃ๐ ๐ ๐ฌ๐๐ฎ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐๐๐ฉ ๐ก๐๐๐ ๐๐ฉ๐จ๐๐ก๐. ๐๐ค ๐จ๐ฉ๐๐ฎ ๐ฎ๐ค๐ช๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐๐๐ช๐ฉ๐๐๐ช๐ก ๐๐ค๐ง๐๐ซ๐๐ง ๐ฉ๐๐๐ฃ๐ ๐จ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ก๐๐ซ๐๐จ ๐จ๐๐ ๐จ๐ฉ๐๐๐ก๐จ. Fine, we get it. It's very interesting but why the hell is there no scene describing how she did what she did?? Was that too much? You could write a 700 page book with lots of repetition and unnecessary description but didn't find the space in it for a scene dedicated to these deadly creatures?
๐ฆ๐จ๐ฅ๐๐๐
This creature I just loved the most of all till acomaf and even in acowar I did but Feyre's way of saying he was a dreamer was pathetic! Like, anything?
My Reviews of:
A Court of Thorns and Roses 2.5โ
A Court of Mist and Fury 2.5โ
A Court of Silver Flames 3โ
No offense to the lovers, after reading I certainly know why people love butโ I don't recommend this series. (๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ท๐ช๐ฐ๐ถ๐ด ๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฌ๐ด ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฏ'๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐จ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฅ, ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ต ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ค๐ข๐ถ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ช๐ต'๐ด ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต๐ฉ ๐ช๐ต ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ช๐ฏ๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ)
Thanks for making this book bearable Marta, Rina and Sehrish
My most positive 1 โ review
Ready to be wicked?
๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐
This is a book that is meant to give you fairy-tale vibes in the Faerie Land with a lot happening, it starts with the girl who's gone to take revenge while a wicked King in a far off land in Faerie is planning to get rid of the mortals for centuries and is ready to act on those plans. This girl has to go back home, her family awaits her, her mate awaits her and so do new adventures and war with which come along new bargains with the deadly creatures, who only want a sense of worthiness and taste of life to help coz in this land of Faerie, it seems those things have been long forgotten.
โ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต'๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ด๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ท๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ช๐ค๐ต๐ถ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฌ.
There's NO flow in writing. This is the point where I'd say Maas is a good writer (๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฐ๐จ ๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฌ๐ด) but Maas didn't write this series well. Pacing is the last thing about the writing that I didn't like. This book is unnecessarily 700 pages of which only the starting few chapters and the end is good!
I'm disappointed after reading tog that this is how Maas ended this series. She had a chance to develop characters, the relationships, the intensity, the seriousness of situations and deadliness of the creatures but she didn't do well.
Or the creatures are so fairy-tale-ish that she purposely made a joke of it. But there's still a difference in middle grade fairy-tale-like books and YA and of course NA. (๐๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฆ๐น๐ถ๐ข๐ญ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ต๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต) Maas mixed it all up. She'll give you the fairy tale, she'll give you the sex too.
Not all magic was flash and glittering
I've seen so much fanart and it's so beautiful! More than the characters are described, more than this book deserves.
๐๐๐๐๐ฉ ๐๐ง๐๐ช๐ข๐ฅ๐๐๐ฃ๐ฉโ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐ฉ๐๐ง๐จ ๐๐ฉ๐๐ง๐ฃ๐๐ก
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Once upon a time, there was a beast (๐๐ช๐จ๐ฉ ๐๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฅ) who was cursed along with all of his court. One day, a poor girl entered his life, and did all she could to lift that curse. While lifting the curse, she killed two innocents. Then, when everything became fine and she was about to get married to the love of her life, she was haunted by those memories in her dreams. She couldn't paint because the red colour reminded her of the blood she spilled, the blue colour of the eyes those two had. The beast gave her time to be fine, they had a communication gap, they made love but he never once asked if she's alright. He loved her so much, he was scared to lose her. He loved her too much that he caged her and suffocated her in order to keep her safe with guards around her all the time
That girl left. She left, because she realized no matter what, she didn't love the beast. And he ruined what they had by being an overprotective insecure bastard ๐ that's the limit. I cannot be more positive (๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ธ๐ณ๐ช๐ต๐ฆ ๐ฏ๐ช๐ค๐ฆ๐ญ๐บ)
Feyre returned to the Spring court to take revenge from Tamlin for what he did to her and she did some really cool things but she turned out to be a ridiculous High Lady with always ๐ฎ ๐ฐ๐ต๐ผ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฒ from Rhys. A choice in which he didn't even advise her. Didn't even suggest what he thinks is right and wise from his centuries of experience. The war we've been waiting for from book 2 is here. It's action time!
โNo it's not. We get action ๐ข๐ง๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ ๐๐ฉ๐ข๐ฑ๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ 65 ๐ฐ๐ณ 69
Now it's going to be about what I love and hate about this book so it's definitely gonna have ๐๐ฝ๐ผ๐ถ๐น๐ฒ๐ฟ๐
Things I Really Liked
โข When Tamlin asked Feyre, will you dance with me, when he finally asked her ๐๐ณ๐ฆ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ข๐ญ๐ณ๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ต? I took a breath of relief and I suddenly felt bad coz Feyre isn't in love, isn't trustworthy, isn't sincere. Not anymore.
โข They way Feyre dealt with Ianthe and later with the twin Hybern royalsโ๐๐ณ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฏ๐ข๐จ๐ฉ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐๐ข๐จ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฏ, I thought that was really good! She was finally using her training and putting an end to the pretense which was boring me.
โข When Rhys tells Lucien that he loved Feyre so much that he was willing to lose her to another male and let her marry if that brought her joy, but he wasn't willing to let her suffer, those lines wereโค๏ธ
โข When everyone betted on how long it'd take Lucien to try to see Elaine, that was just so funny and esp when Rhys said, ๐'๐ญ๐ญ ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ค๐ฌ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ข ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐๐ฎ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฏ.
โข When Amren tells Feyre she's acting like Tam, DAMN! I was like: you go Amren!!
โข Seeing Azriel's *cocky* side as Feyre puts it, I must say I was so glad coz in acomaf he was just in the shadows
โข the idea of a mirror that drives you mad had the most of my interest and I couldn't wait to see what will happen, especially because once you had it, you'd have the window to the world!
โข When Rhys said, ๐๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ณ ๐๐ข๐ด๐ด๐ช๐ข๐ฏ ๐ธ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ค๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ด๐ต ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ค๐ณ๐ถ๐ช๐ต๐
โข lastly, when Tamlin surprised me. This was the one and only thing that I didn't predict + what he did to protect Feyre
THINGS I HATED SO MUCH + about Characters
๐๐๐ฌ๐ฅ๐
Her thoughts and references to paintings suck.
What she did to the Spring court sucked.
Rather than sitting with Tam and having a conversation, she did... What she did :/ she's just annoying and not connectable. A very boring and detached main character who's pov we have to read through! TORTURE!
๐ ๐ข๐ฅ
Lost potential. What Maas said to use as an excuse for her not being with Azriel wasn't nice. Why did Maas have to use sexuality like that?
๐๐ ๐ฅ๐๐ก
For a sec when I thought she betrayed us, I hated it!!
๐๐ญ๐ฅ๐๐๐
The fact that he talks in this book and has a lot more appearance is just amazing! A character I don't know at all but would like to read more about if only to see what he's like when he actually talks, lol.
๐๐๐ฆ๐ฆ๐๐๐ก
I LOVE YOU, BAT ๐ฆ I love your sense of humour, your character and your personality. But WHY THE HELL DO YOU LOOK AT NESTA? and what was all that about I wish we had more time together?? What, her arrogance is THAT attractive? I know attractive arrogant characters, they're lovable, she is NOT! No chemistry, too sudden.
๐ง๐๐ ๐๐๐ก
I have mixed feelings for him. He's unforgivable but I just think that he deserves better than Feyre. He did a lot for her, she did a lot for him but it's ruined for what both of them did later. Not just Tam. And I hope he's fine. I just LOVED the shitty things he said in the High Lord's meeting coz even though I was feeling bad, I was so so glad that he offered the bitter truth.
๐ฉ๐๐ฆ๐ฆ๐
The Lost Queenโfirebird.
The Queen with a swan lake-like curse she asked Feyre if she could break and I'm so not interested in reading even a bit about it!
๐๐๐๐๐ก๐
The delicate girl who's stuck in a new body and knows she won't be accepted by her betrothed now. She's BORING! I did care a little bit about her but hey, back off. This girl from talking in half riddles, from always looking out the window, not eating, being depressed suddenly changed! She got Azriel's Truth-teller dagger, fine!! But using it to kill the king was the most ridiculous thing Maas wrote for Elaine's character and also affected the king's character. I burst out laughing when I read like when the hell did you wake up girl? When did you get back the presence of Mind?
๐ก๐๐ฆ๐ง๐
She was mean, she was rude. She never cared in acotar that Feyre risked her life to go hunting with the thought and will to feed her family. She never cared that Feyre was young, that one day she might not return. And Nesta never asked why you do it. Never had been grateful to her. But suddenly, she cares to ask why Feyre is going to the meeting, suddenly she cares to do something nice. Fine. It's good you're becoming better. But out of nowhere, Nesta is always winnowing with Cassian, always staring, gazing, watching, looking at Cassian, cares about Cassian like what the hell??? Cassian is amazing by himself, he doesn't need to be paired with. With. With Nesta!! It's just so forced! No chemistry, no connection! No relationship development. It's just dumped on us!
My Love/Hate for the CREATURES
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No proper scene or words on how and what exactly he did! All we know is Bryaxis is ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ค๐ ๐๐๐๐ฅ๐๐จ๐ฉ ๐๐๐๐ง๐จ. Could we not get description on it? Could we not get one scene to imagine the hell he caused? ๐ And this ๐๐ฉ ๐ด๐ฐ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐ญ๐บ ๐ค๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ต๐ถ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฐ ๐๐ข๐ด๐ด๐ช๐ข๐ฏ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ญ๐ฅ๐ฏ'๐ต ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ข๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ข๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต wants ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ข๐ฏ๐บ? ๐ ๐ธ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ณ๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ด๐ถ๐ฏ๐ด๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ? This thought was so beautiful saying ๐๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ช๐ด๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฐ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ฅ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ ๐ช๐ต'๐ด ๐ค๐ฆ๐ญ๐ญ, the thought that they're deadly but not really dark in nature was LOVELY but it was also ridiculous at the same time coz that's just how Maas wrote it :/
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I loved carver for being so cunning, for his bargains, for his different appearances to everyone but I did not like that all he needed to see was if Feyre was worthy. After giving this book things like NA sexual scenes, if Maas expects to give this fairy-tale-like touch I cannot accept it. It just seemed a hell lot ridiculous!
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Carver's sister who ๐๐ค๐ช๐ฃ๐ ๐ ๐ฌ๐๐ฎ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐๐๐ฉ ๐ก๐๐๐ ๐๐ฉ๐จ๐๐ก๐. ๐๐ค ๐จ๐ฉ๐๐ฎ ๐ฎ๐ค๐ช๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐๐๐ช๐ฉ๐๐๐ช๐ก ๐๐ค๐ง๐๐ซ๐๐ง ๐ฉ๐๐๐ฃ๐ ๐จ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ก๐๐ซ๐๐จ ๐จ๐๐ ๐จ๐ฉ๐๐๐ก๐จ. Fine, we get it. It's very interesting but why the hell is there no scene describing how she did what she did?? Was that too much? You could write a 700 page book with lots of repetition and unnecessary description but didn't find the space in it for a scene dedicated to these deadly creatures?
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This creature I just loved the most of all till acomaf and even in acowar I did but Feyre's way of saying he was a dreamer was pathetic! Like, anything?
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May 5, 2020
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May 5, 2020
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August 24, 2020
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August 25, 2020
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8.23%
"Chapter 4, Feyre thinking of painting.
Me: Why can't Feyre stop thinking of her own self?
Drink, and wash away the endless night of the year
I don't like Ianthe but this line was good!
Page#45, Tamlin finally asks Feyre if she's alright.๐
Chapter 5, I'm mad at Feyre..
Page#58, why does Feyre care what Elaine would get in bed is fire or wind or what?!!"
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Me: Why can't Feyre stop thinking of her own self?
Drink, and wash away the endless night of the year
I don't like Ianthe but this line was good!
Page#45, Tamlin finally asks Feyre if she's alright.๐
Chapter 5, I'm mad at Feyre..
Page#58, why does Feyre care what Elaine would get in bed is fire or wind or what?!!"
August 26, 2020
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13.9%
"Okay: I'm liking Feyre again ๐
Also, I loved the royalty vibe of the Hybern royals. Though they seemed more royal and cunning like Fae's than Tam or Rhys lol."
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Also, I loved the royalty vibe of the Hybern royals. Though they seemed more royal and cunning like Fae's than Tam or Rhys lol."
August 29, 2020
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20.14%
"Can someone tell me how to stay Calm when Rhys does what he does? ๐"
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August 29, 2020
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22.55%
"I will lock you in a room with Amren.
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This is so funny. Mama warning the baby to sleep or the night monster who loves taking kids away would come ๐ hehe
(No such thing as a night monster Lol. I made that up๐)"
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This is so funny. Mama warning the baby to sleep or the night monster who loves taking kids away would come ๐ hehe
(No such thing as a night monster Lol. I made that up๐)"
August 31, 2020
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32.91%
"Get back to Velaris, you mother hen ๐
I must say Cassian has made me laugh in this book like at so many points and Azriel, ah Azriel! I am so glad I'm finally enjoying a book I his series for upto 232 pages :)"
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I must say Cassian has made me laugh in this book like at so many points and Azriel, ah Azriel! I am so glad I'm finally enjoying a book I his series for upto 232 pages :)"
September 1, 2020
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35.18%
"So I have crazy thoughts about Lucien.
Spoiler ahead
I think Lucien has been lying and pretending about *Elaine being his mate*
Also, I think Nesta is Cassian's mate but I really hope she isn't and even if she is, I hope they confess the mate thing later and be in love first. Coz *mate* is literally getting overrated!"
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Spoiler ahead
I think Lucien has been lying and pretending about *Elaine being his mate*
Also, I think Nesta is Cassian's mate but I really hope she isn't and even if she is, I hope they confess the mate thing later and be in love first. Coz *mate* is literally getting overrated!"
September 2, 2020
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44.4%
"Why do all Maas books get slow in the middle? Not only that, they're distracted from the main plot too."
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September 4, 2020
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48.09%
"I really ndidn't see this book going in the direction it's going."
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September 8, 2020
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55.32%
"Why?? Why do characters disappear? Why aren't we told about Tamlin? Now Lucien's gone too! Why aren't there different POVs?"
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September 9, 2020
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Sep 11, 2020 01:08PM
You are reading TOG right? Is it better than ACOTAR?
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Wayy Better! I'm kind of obsessed with some characters. Don't judge my enjoyment by the rating, I've written long reviews just to explain what I loved and why I rated it low. I'm even preparing a review for acowar ๐
And I do not recommend acotar series to anyone at all but I definitely recommend tog novellas! Best if you love them, they'll provide for better understanding of characters and you'll know if you're ready to get into the series :)
And I do not recommend acotar series to anyone at all but I definitely recommend tog novellas! Best if you love them, they'll provide for better understanding of characters and you'll know if you're ready to get into the series :)
Tog was on my tbr but then I heard somewhere that acotar is better and read it first. Look where that got me lol. After reading acotar I was pretty disappointed and decided to never read tog๐
Maybe I can give it a try......someday
Maybe I can give it a try......someday
Oh no, acotar isn't even close. And I've realized that most people who didn't like tog were the ones who hadn't read novellas.
You should definitely read the novellas of that series first :) do give a try !
You should definitely read the novellas of that series first :) do give a try !
Perfect review Bee. I agree with everything!! โค๏ธ
I love your description of these characters. And the fan art! Love it. It was truly a pleasure reading this with you. :)
I love your description of these characters. And the fan art! Love it. It was truly a pleasure reading this with you. :)
Hehe I'm so so so glad you like it and agree with me Rina. I hope the lovers of this book understand that I didn't hate this book for no reason. I'm happy to have read with you and happier to know we've more buddy reads to have in future โบ๏ธ
Plus, I've been looking for fanart everywhere and I couldn't add for all characters coz there wasn't more space ๐
Plus, I've been looking for fanart everywhere and I couldn't add for all characters coz there wasn't more space ๐
Sorry this series didnโt work out for you! ๐
I hope your next read is better. ๐
Iโm more than halfway done with ACOMAF and Iโm loving every second of it LOL but again, Iโve never cared about plots and stuff, Iโm just out here chasing feelings. ๐
I hope your next read is better. ๐
Iโm more than halfway done with ACOMAF and Iโm loving every second of it LOL but again, Iโve never cared about plots and stuff, Iโm just out here chasing feelings. ๐
It's okay, I did enjoy at least some parts :) and I think acomaf is the best book in this series so enjoy!
Do let me know if you agree with any of my points when you read acowar ๐ค
Do let me know if you agree with any of my points when you read acowar ๐ค
The best part of this book? RHYSAND
Bee darling, I agree 1000000%
I literally love this man๐ญโค Only if he was real๐ญ
And not only Feyre but no one in this book deserves Rhys!
Ahh, girl, I didn't like Nesta and Elaine either. When I read the kings death scene I had to read it 3 times to make my self believe that he actually died like that!
Bee darling, I agree 1000000%
I literally love this man๐ญโค Only if he was real๐ญ
And not only Feyre but no one in this book deserves Rhys!
Ahh, girl, I didn't like Nesta and Elaine either. When I read the kings death scene I had to read it 3 times to make my self believe that he actually died like that!
I'm honestly laughing so hard because it's truly funny how deeply you don't get along with Maas's writing. I mean, Bryaxis being the face of the deepest fears is so glaringly obvious to me: he shows you your fears when he envelopes you?????? It's literally right there in the words? I genuinely don't understand how you don't understand Maas's descriptions ๐
@Mahnoor thanks for calling me that.
Oh I just hated that. The King was so strong and so sensible that he knew what Nesta was going to do so he used their father but he couldn't sense Elaine's presence, couldn't sense she's close, with all the cauldron's power he knew what Nesta would do but not what Elaine would do?? And Elaine killed him?
And the cauldron thinking Elaine is lovely? I laughed at that ๐ that Elaine was gifted by the cauldron ๐
Oh I just hated that. The King was so strong and so sensible that he knew what Nesta was going to do so he used their father but he couldn't sense Elaine's presence, couldn't sense she's close, with all the cauldron's power he knew what Nesta would do but not what Elaine would do?? And Elaine killed him?
And the cauldron thinking Elaine is lovely? I laughed at that ๐ that Elaine was gifted by the cauldron ๐
@Mary S. R. Haha I'm glad it's not offensive. I know the Bryaxis thing but I would have liked a scene! That's all.
Wooohooo to one star reviews which is all this book deserves!!! ๐๐
First of all the fan art in this review is ๐ฏ and the ones you sent in the group chat as well. They truly bring the book to life more so than her words actually did. It was hard for me to imagine what some of these creatures looked like as well because it was so poorly described.
We were ready for some action instead we received like 600 pages of pure fluff and nothing ๐ด I hate Feyre so much so Iโm glad your review captured the same feelings toward her. Iโm so glad me and you get to share Mor and Amren!!! I agree with your points about Tamlin. I think his character during the meeting was very spot on.
The idea that the next book is Nestaโs POV and delves into her relationship (which barely exists) with Cassian is so disappointing. It honestly gives me another reason on why not to continue this series. I think SJM is just going to reuse Rhys/Feyre love story and its going to be incredibly predictable.
The creatures were my least favorite part. They were introduced as being incredibly scary and dangerous but then ended up all helping Feyre. That to me seems unreasonable that they would suddenly listen to her when theyโre supposed to be unstoppable. Then of course they die so they donโt become an issue.
So happy that you were such a tough critic with this review as I was. Iโm so glad when we buddy read we had so many similar opinions. At least it made me feel more sane for thinking this series is terrible! Great review Bee!!! ๐
First of all the fan art in this review is ๐ฏ and the ones you sent in the group chat as well. They truly bring the book to life more so than her words actually did. It was hard for me to imagine what some of these creatures looked like as well because it was so poorly described.
We were ready for some action instead we received like 600 pages of pure fluff and nothing ๐ด I hate Feyre so much so Iโm glad your review captured the same feelings toward her. Iโm so glad me and you get to share Mor and Amren!!! I agree with your points about Tamlin. I think his character during the meeting was very spot on.
The idea that the next book is Nestaโs POV and delves into her relationship (which barely exists) with Cassian is so disappointing. It honestly gives me another reason on why not to continue this series. I think SJM is just going to reuse Rhys/Feyre love story and its going to be incredibly predictable.
The creatures were my least favorite part. They were introduced as being incredibly scary and dangerous but then ended up all helping Feyre. That to me seems unreasonable that they would suddenly listen to her when theyโre supposed to be unstoppable. Then of course they die so they donโt become an issue.
So happy that you were such a tough critic with this review as I was. Iโm so glad when we buddy read we had so many similar opinions. At least it made me feel more sane for thinking this series is terrible! Great review Bee!!! ๐
Seriously, Marta. What does Cassian see in her. I've seen a lot of positive theories for Nesta's bad character and I've read such characters a lot I think and it just doesn't make up for Nesta.
I liked the creatures, the idea of them but the lack of scene and extent of just words for them, that's what I didn't like.
And thank you ๐คญ๐๐
I liked the creatures, the idea of them but the lack of scene and extent of just words for them, that's what I didn't like.
And thank you ๐คญ๐๐
I laughed so hard at your review! many parts I agreed on too!
this:
"A very boring and detached main character who's pov we have to read through! TORTURE!"
HAHAHAHA!
you liked it more than me & dealt with it better than me :D I was just angry all the time!
this:
"A very boring and detached main character who's pov we have to read through! TORTURE!"
HAHAHAHA!
you liked it more than me & dealt with it better than me :D I was just angry all the time!
Oh I liked parts of it that were good and appreciated as much as I could but believe me, if I didn't have my buddy readers, I would have dnf-ed this book or it would have taken me soooo long to finish it.
And thanks, I'm glad this review did at least something. I'm glad it made you laugh ๐
And thanks, I'm glad this review did at least something. I'm glad it made you laugh ๐
I rated this book 4 stars and I now realize I dind't really like them that much, they were OK for me and I had some issues with them too so I think I now would lower my overall rate to 2,5 (don't think they deserve 2 stars but didnt like them as much as 3 stars)