A Court of Thorns and Roses
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Sarah J. Maas
The sexy, action-packed first book in the #1 New York Times bestselling Court of Thorns and Roses series from 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 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!"
"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."
"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….."
"I know I’m late to the party but I was finally able to read this book to see what all the hype was about and —let me tell you—it did NOT disappoint. At the beginning, I felt like it was your typical romantasy book, but 3/4 of the way through, I realized just how much I needed to pay attention to the dialogues that took place so I began to mark with tabs and take notes. Everything that’s said has meaning and importance and will make sense as you progress through the story. There were also several points within this book where I audibly gasped and had to set the book down to take breathers; it’s THAT kind of book.
Over the duration of me reading this book, there were multiple instances where I did errands with it in my hand and you won’t believe the amount of people who’ve stopped me to say that this was one of their favorite book’s of all time. If that doesn’t tell you what type of book this is, I don’t know what will.
If you’ve learnt anything from this review, I hope it’s that you need to pick up this damn book and start reading because you’re missing out if you don’t."
"Overall it was good. Not usually my type of genre - not into fantasy/mythical creatures, but it was a good story. I heard it was spicy and the first book was 0-1/5 on the spice scale. Maybe it’s because I’m used to reading romance books and there’s more sex scenes in general? I heard the second book is the best so will continue to read the series. "
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Marley LaBeau
"Overall it was pretty good! I wouldn’t say it quite lived up to the hype because it really didn’t get very good until the last about 150 pages. The spice really isn’t even that bad, maybe a 2.5/5? I am going to read the second book though and I can’t wait to see how the rest of the story develops!"
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