About: A Court of Thorns and Roses is a fiction novel written by Sarah J. Maas. This book was published on 5/5/2015 by Bloomsbury Childrens, 416 pages. The genres are fantasy, young adult, romance, magic, retellings, fairy tales, etc. There will be 4 books in this series: book 1 is called A Court of Thorns and Roses, book 2 is called A Court of Mist and Fury, book 3 is called A Court of Wings and Ruin, and book 4 is untitled.
My Experience: I started reading A Court of Thorns and Roses on 12/16/16 and finished it on 12/22/16 at 1AM. This book doesn’t hold my attention and interests as much as Hunted by Meagan Spooner. The retelling is the same but I am glad it’s a different read and besides the bows & arrows, the plot is different. This book definitely bend the rules for the young adult genre in the romance category. Since I am one of those adults that read YA books, I’m not really complaining. The characters and the plot are interesting. I think the book would have been better if there were more than one point of views. This book has actions, humor, and dull moments too. Since there’s only one point of view, I get tired of following Feyre’s thoughts after awhile.
“Alis and two other servants – also masked – bathed me, cut my hair, and then plucked me until I felt like a chicken being prepared for dinner. For all I knew, I might very well be their next meal.” 13%
Feyre is the youngest of 3 daughters of a merchant. Her dad lost the family’s fortune and Feyre was forced to provide for the family by hunting in the forest because no one else in her family can or willing to do it. The narration about the beast’s side is a bit farfetched. There are all kinds of monsters on the beast’s side of town. The different Courts are interesting, but the descriptions of some faeries are not and it gets too out there when more and more monsters are being introduced. I like the indirect way of Lucien’s help to hunt the Suriel. I like the humor in this book. I like some actions that forced Feyre to be smart and beat the challenge. Two events that stands out for me are the hunt for the Suriel and the worm. Other challenges were helped so it was not too exciting. Also, there’s no point in her getting drunk night after night in skimpy outfits because that first night of letting everyone know about Feyre’s bargain should already do justice. Her reading problems shouldn’t be a weakness because she has opportunity to learn but she didn’t take it so it’s worthless to point that out in one of the challenges. Feyre devoted so much time to painting which played no role in the challenges is worthless too. Overall, this book is an okay read and it doesn’t meet the hype.
Pro: humor, bravery,
Con: 1 POV, farfetched monsters, challenges with help, narration drags
I rate it 4 stars!
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***Disclaimer: I borrowed this ebook from my library on overdrive and my opinions are honest.
xoxo,
Jasmine
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ps: I think that the second book is so much better
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Happy New Year to you too!! I’m glad to know book 2 is better. I can’t wait to read it. Thanks!
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I’ve heard so many good things about Sarah J Maas but have yet to read her books. Nice review !
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This book is my first read from her. I do want to read her others too. Hope you enjoy them when you read.
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I’ve been seeing reviews everywhere for this novel lately, but yours tops them off quite well. (I really like the style you review your books:)) Anyways, I am looking forward to trying this! I haven’t looked around your blog in while, until now of course; I’d forgotten what a gold mine of book reviews it is…keep it up! -Sarah
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Thanks! I read this book because I also saw a lot of bloggers reviewed this book haha.. You should read it so at least you can join in the discussion 🙂
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I’m so glad you read this one – it’s definitely one of my favorite series, and its sequel – ACOMAF – is one of the best books I’ve read this year. I hope you enjoy it, if you choose to continue the series! Happy holidays, Jasmine! x
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Thanks Niraja! I’m hoping book 2 is better because I didn’t like when Feyre received helps in her challenges and tasks. I liked when she figured out on her own and set the traps for the worm or the suriel.
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Oh then you’ll definitely like book 2, more, because it truly focuses on Feyre’s independence on how she doesn’t need to depend on a man; however, she has a great support system that I think you’ll fall in love with. 🙂 I definitely want to hear your thoughts once you finish it!
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This one wasn’t a full five stars for me, but I still really enjoyed it. It had its issues, but it also had its strengths. I actually really liked Feyre as our protagonist because she has so much potential to grow. However, the second book is a vast improvement from the first! I hope you enjoy the second one a lot more 😀 Great review, Jasmine!
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Thanks Azia! Glad to know book 2 is better! 😊
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I found this hard to get through but I did eventually come to enjoy it. However I do think that A Court of Mist and Fury is better even though I had similar problems reading that too.
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Thanks. I do plan on reading it somewhere after January. Are you anticipating to read book 3?
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I am looking forward to book 3. I’m curious to know how it will end.
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I think there’s book 4 too. Goodreads indicated but doesn’t have a title for it.
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I thought that was a companion book of some kind. I was led to believe that the main story would be comprised of three books.
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Even better! Thanks for letting me know this. I don’t think I can handle a very long series especially each book being over 400 pages haha..
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I could be wrong as I’m not completely sure, so don’t entirely take my word for it. The length of the second book is what made it a hard read for me. I had to stop half way through and put it down for a while. I did eventually come to really like it but it took a long while.
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I loved this book! It was a 5 star read for me! im yet to read the sequel though im plan to read it in january as im buddy reading the series with a fellow book lover on goodreads so looking forward to it.
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Don’t you find it lacks excitement when with the worm, Feyre was smart and trap it whereas cleaning the floor someone comes to help or the reading challenge she was also helped. It would have been more exciting if she can figure it out on her own. And all that crying afterwards for self pity is boring because she had opportunity to learn to read at Spring Court instead of painting which doesn’t help at all for the challenges. Have fun with your buddy read!
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Maybe I did a little but it did t affect me 🙂 and thank you
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Oh, I loved this book! I think you know I found a used ARC of this book at the antique store…I was thrilled. I’m glad you read it and know about it now. Four stars is pretty good! 😊
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Yeah, but as much hype as this book got, I was expecting a 5 stars read haha..
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I have this book on my TBR and I’m so excited to read it!
Great review 🙂
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It’s not a 5 stars read in my opinion.. so it’s ok to wait to read 🙂
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