A Court of Thorns and Roses
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Sarah J. Maas
The sexy, action-packed first book in the #1 bestselling Court of Thorns and Roses series from global phenomenon Sarah J. Maas.When nineteen-year-old huntress Feyre kills a wolf in the woods, a terrifying creature arrives to demand retribution. Dragged to a treacherous magical land she knows about only from legends, Feyre discovers that her captor is not truly a beast, but one of the lethal, immortal faeries who once ruled her world. At least, he's not a beast all the time. As she adapts to her new home, her feelings for the faerie, Tamlin, transform from icy hostility into a fiery passion that burns through every lie she's been told about the beautiful, dangerous world of the Fae. But something is not right in the faerie lands. An ancient, wicked shadow is growing, and Feyre must find a way to stop it, or doom Tamlin-and his world-forever.From #1 bestselling author Sarah J. Maas comes a seductive, breathtaking book that blends romance, adventure, and faerie lore into an unforgettable read.
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Author
Sarah J. Maas
Pages
432
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Published Date
2015-05-05
ISBN
1619634457 9781619634459
Ratings
Google: 4.5
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"If you are on book tok at all (which I DEFINITELY am), you are at least somewhat familiar with ACOTAR, even if you haven’t read this. This being said, I knew quite a bit about the book series (mostly about the romantic relationships) without having ever picked up the novel, so I thought I had a pretty accurate idea of what to expect going in. I even thought that the hype wasn’t going to live up to the actual story. I was wrong. First of all, I LOVED Feyre. She was stubborn, strong, extremely independent and honestly, not as much of a Mary-Sue character as I thought she’d be. I was really anticipating a Bella Swan type personality, but she pleasantly surprised me. I also loved the juxtaposition of her being the youngest sister and the provider for her family. It made her so interesting right from the start. Now, for the love interests. I already knew going in that eventually I would hate Tamlin and love Rhysand throughout the course of the series, but would feel the opposite about them in this book but… Even if I hadn’t known this detail going in, I don’t think I would have been team Tamlin. He seemed TOO perfect and I didn’t feel the chemistry two people madly in love should have between him and Feyre. While I didn’t immediately like Rhysand (he did some real sketch things, especially at the beginning), he definitely intrigued me and I was eager to learn more about his character. His and Feyre’s chemistry was also obvious so I’m excited to see it develop into this die hard ship everyone loves. There’s really a lot to love about this book: the writing style, the complex world (a lot easier to understand than Crescent City), and the dynamic characters, and beauty and the beast-esque plot. It was all my cup of tea. Can’t wait to read the next book!"
"*WARNING THIS REVIEW WILL CONTAIN SPOILERS* This was really good. I took literally a whole month to read it but I had other priorities to deal with, which sucked. I've been contemplating to read this series for over 3 years now and I'm glad I finally bought it and read the first one. Coming into it, I knew that it was beauty and the beast retelling, yet I would read it and literally say "This sounds very familiar." LOL. I've read her Crescent City novels and I've got to say this was very YA writing, which to me wasn't badly written. I actually loved the way this story was unfolding, the world building was very easy to follow and I didn't feel like it was being thrown out in my face every 5 seconds. Nesta seemed like a true snob but I could see almost everything behind that hard exterior. She cares for her family, and probably would do anything for them...probably. Based on all the edits, tiktoks, spoilers that I've seen, it did not prepare me for RHYSAND!! Why didn't anybody tell me he was the BAD GUY?!? After everything I've seen, read, I honestly thought he was the good guy from the beginning of the series but boy was I wrong! Thanks alot guys, thanks alot. That was good plot twist for me lol. Tamlin is good person though, he does care for Feyre and she him. But honestly why couldn't she say "I love you" the first time he said it to her?! Like everything else could've been avoided if she said it. I noticed that these fae's really enjoy using the word "fool" alot. Lucien was kind of a good guy from the start but he grew on me. I really enjoyed his sarcasm. What she went through sucked, I felt extremely bad for her, but I couldn't help laughing when she talked about her bowel movements going watery, I cracked up😂. I feel like Rhysand was starting to like Feyre a bit more every time he was around her. I mean he basically got jealous when tamlin and her "snuck away", even though he claimed it was to save them both. Sure Rhysand sure😏.(continued onto next comment)"
"Wow. That was pretty spectacular. <br/><br/>This was a rendition of the Beauty and the Beast tale but it was unlike almost every one I have read before. The themes that were incorporated into the old story felt natural because of the way this new story progressed. The old folk tale really got a spectacular face lift. <br/><br/>The characters were quite fun to get to know. Each of them got their own character arc - which is not often incorporated in most stories I read. <br/>• I did like Feyre but she wasn’t my favorite character. She mainly was your stereotypical YA fantasy heroine and reminded me of Maas’s other main character. I liked that she had her weak moments and they were believable. <br/>• I really love Tamlin’s name!! It’s super charming.<br/>• Rhys was such an arrogant charmer but what happened in the last chapter NEEDS to be explained!! I found him a bit annoying but enjoyable at the same time. (If that makes sense.)<br/><br/>The world building overall was okay. I found it was hard to keep track of locations and their importance though. My other complaint was the on/off fast pacing. A lot of it was slow but I feel like there are hints in there for the sequels. <br/><br/>I was wondering what all the hype was about surrounding this book. Now I know."
"Very good 😊 #books"
Ty
"I put off starting this series because (1) wasn’t sure it would live up to the hype and (2) I HAVE TOO MANY series going. Spent this month catching up on four other series and then started ACOTAR.
Great first book, romantasy - could not shake the Beauty and the Beast likeness at first but the story of human and faerie worlds colliding is well done and less and less Disney-like as the story develops.
Feyre is a human, scrabbling by, when her life takes a dramatic turn and she finds herself living in the faerie world. Starting the second book now….."
"4.75/5 ⭐️ Well I finally read it and it did not disappoint! I have heard so much about this series but tried to avoid major spoilers. I think the things I do know make the first book a little more anxiety and makes me very curious about that is going to happen in future books! I thought the story was a little slow at the beginning but once it picked up I devoured it! I like the way this book ends with a clear conclusion and not a major cliff hanger. Looking forward to reading the rest of the series! 0.5-1/5 spice this book had very little spice. "
"2.7/5 - reread it, not as bad as i remembered. good world building and characters. clichéd story lines and partially unsatisfying end, but way less 5mut than i recalled, so that was nice. criticisms abt lack of diversity and glorifying toxic relationship drama have merit. i’ve read worse, but it doesn’t hurt to be critical. wouldn’t recommend but wouldn’t stop a friend from reading it."
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