Today I was going through my blog and discovered another thing to add to my list of life failures. That sounds very dramatic, perhaps it isn't that big of a deal, but it is failure on my part. Do you want to know what this failure is? Drum roll please! *starts paying the drums on her air drums and tension is built* I wrote a blog post almost 3 months ago and instead of publishing it, I saved it as a draft... *attempts to laugh it off, but ends up drowning in a puddle of tears on the floor* An amateur mistake, I know. :(
I'll stop my paragraph of self pity, ahaha. Here is that infamous post that hadn't been published. Enjoy!
Today's post is about my thoughts on A Court of Mist and Fury, the squeal of A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas. I didn't do a book thoughts post for the first book and was debating whether or not to write one for this book, but decided to do it anyway, XD.
Details:
Original publishing date: May 3, 2016.
Page Count: 624 (Paperback)
Author: Sarah J. Maas
Preceded by: A Court of Mist and Fury
Super Quick Summary:
After everything that happened in the last book and Under the Mountain, Fayre is struggling to deal with the events. She is now back at the Spring Court as a High Fae, but can't shake of the memories of the events that allowed her to escape Amarantha. There's also the bargain she made with Rhysand, High Lord of the Night Court. An avalanche of drama and feels are about to ensue.
After everything that happened in the last book and Under the Mountain, Fayre is struggling to deal with the events. She is now back at the Spring Court as a High Fae, but can't shake of the memories of the events that allowed her to escape Amarantha. There's also the bargain she made with Rhysand, High Lord of the Night Court. An avalanche of drama and feels are about to ensue.
No Spoilers Section:
Let me just begin by saying this is definitely not a young adult book and is more of an adult novel. There are many steamy scenes that may scar young eyes. If you are going through this review to see if this book is worth reading and you are at an age where you will be blinded by those scenes, you shouldn't read this book because there are multiple of them.
This book... Where do I begin? It is a beautiful novel. The emotive elements in this novel were spot on for me. It serves as a reminder that post traumatic stress is a real outcome for all the epic adventures that characters go through. The strongest and most badass characters can experience it. The way this was written made it an integral part of the narrative and combined with the books overall plot, it was an stunning fantasy novel with characters that felt so real that they could have started breathing. All the characterisation were so well planned out and I can not applaud the author enough for the exciting and genuine characters.
The plot is a big improvement from the first book. I loved the storyline and how everything seemed to fit and not feel misplaced. There are some very predictable parts of the novel, but for me that didn't take away from the overall quality of the book. One thing that I felt that is not completely positive about the book is that it could have had more fantasy elements. The novel to me felt like a book focuses on emotions with a side plate of fantasy, where it could have used more fantasy. Besides from the predictability and almost non-existent fantasy, the amazing characters and emotionally packed book makes an amazing read that I absolutely love.
Woah... That one word summarised my reaction after I finished reading this book. It was a roller coaster of emotions. The main emotion I felt was love for the deep affection and devotion between Rhysand and Fayre. Move over Hazel and Augustus because they are my ultimate couple goals. When starting this book I chanted, "Please no love triangle. Please no love triangle. Please no love triangle." I really couldn't chose between #teamRhysand and #teamTamlin, thankfully I didn't have to choose. My prayers to the book gods were answered. There was no love triangle. Instead I was blessed with my favourite book couple of all time, because there is only one team! #teamRhysand I know that sounds like an exaggeration, but it's true!
The moment the contrast between Rhysand and Tamlin were made my reader's sixth sense told me that they were about to end up together. All the faults Tamlin had such as being possessive Rysand was stated to not have. I'm not just happy that this book didn't contain a love triangle, but also because Fayre's relationship with Rysand was absolutely down to every last detail.
Fayre's relationship with Rysand was a big part of this book but by far what was most interesting was her relationship with herself. After the events under the mountain she is traumatised and rightly so. She suffers from post traumatic stress and wakes up vomitting and fearful. She's confused and hurt. In the beginning of the novel she was battered and bruised for the event of the last book. My heart ached for her as the words gave me no other option.
Now on to the plot! The pace of the book was a bit slow, but now looking back it gave the right about to comprehend and fully comprehend the emotions. Tghe epic battle at the end felt a little anticlimatic when it began but the scene where characters were focred against there will into the cauldren was the icing on the cake for why I enjoed this book. There were some sections of the novel that didn't just foreshadow what events may happen, but spelled it out. The predictability of the this novel is the main let down of this novel, which actually is a good thing because it isn't a massive issue, but still an issue never less. Also because there are so many things I love about this novel I had resorted to nitpicking.
A Court of Mist and Fury was such a compelling read with great characters. The characters were truly fantastically written and the world we are further brought into in this second novel was planned out fantastically and the what fantasy elements were in the novel has the ability to transport readers into a whimsical and intoxicating world. All the different features of this book combine to together to create a great book, that I LOVE and give 9.5 donuts out of 10!
Now on to the plot! The pace of the book was a bit slow, but now looking back it gave the right about to comprehend and fully comprehend the emotions. Tghe epic battle at the end felt a little anticlimatic when it began but the scene where characters were focred against there will into the cauldren was the icing on the cake for why I enjoed this book. There were some sections of the novel that didn't just foreshadow what events may happen, but spelled it out. The predictability of the this novel is the main let down of this novel, which actually is a good thing because it isn't a massive issue, but still an issue never less. Also because there are so many things I love about this novel I had resorted to nitpicking.
A Court of Mist and Fury was such a compelling read with great characters. The characters were truly fantastically written and the world we are further brought into in this second novel was planned out fantastically and the what fantasy elements were in the novel has the ability to transport readers into a whimsical and intoxicating world. All the different features of this book combine to together to create a great book, that I LOVE and give 9.5 donuts out of 10!
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