Review: A Court of Mist and Fury by Sarah J . Maas

So, I bought this book very soon after I read and reviewed the last book (see my review of ACOTAR HERE) but I had so many other books to read that I'd bought, that I decided to wait and review this later on.

However, it didn't take me long before I was itching to read this, especially with my little talks with a few people on Twitter, who kept giving me little hints of things to come that I wouldn't understand until I'd read the book!

Here's the book!

Feyre survived Amarantha's clutches to return to the Spring Court—but at a steep cost. Though she now has the powers of the High Fae, her heart remains human, and it can't forget the terrible deeds she performed to save Tamlin's people.

Nor has Feyre forgotten her bargain with Rhysand, High Lord of the feared Night Court. As Feyre navigates its dark web of politics, passion, and dazzling power, a greater evil looms—and she might be key to stopping it. But only if she can harness her harrowing gifts, heal her fractured soul, and decide how she wishes to shape her future—and the future of a world cleaved in two.

With more than a million copies sold of her beloved Throne of Glass series, Sarah J. Maas's masterful storytelling brings this second book in her seductive and action-packed series to new heights.

So, this book starts off a little while after the last book, in the Spring Court, with Feyre and Tamlin planning their wedding together (yes they actually ended up together, "yay" I hear you Tamlin and Feyre shippers yelling). However, it isn't long until Rhysand comes barging in and takes Feyre from the Spring Court to his Night Court to fulfil her bargain that she made during the time under the mountain ("yay" I hear the Rhysand and Feyre shippers shout - including me).

Yes, even I, the one who said she loved the romance between Tamlin and Feyre in the first book, am now a Rhysand and Feyre shipper. I just felt very early in the book that Tamlin was not the right person for Feyre after all that happened, and that he was too controlling to help Feyre through her transition from Human to High Fae. This book shows you just how hard a time Feyre is having with this transition, and all that happened Under the Mountain, and even though you wouldn't think it Rhysand really does help her get through it all, hence, I started to love him even more than I did (I've always liked a bad boy with a soft side, and in the last book he hit that perfectly).

But, rambling about fictional guys is not what this review is for (unfortunately) so I'll get onto discussing the book!

This book really gets you the insights into the Night Court, and oh my is it beautiful! You wouldn't have thought it with all the little things you had heard about it in the last book, but it is. I think I actually prefer it to the Spring Court! Though, I admit, I really do miss Lucien, even if in this book the few times you see him he is a massive annoyance, always following Tamlin's orders instead of actually helping Feyre through her hard times (but she does call him out on that in the book, and I love her for that).

This book though will really stick with me, as it shows Feyre starting to come out and accept her new life as a High Fae, and dealing with the horrors she was forced to endure Under the Mountain. It's such a powerful transformation and you can just see her learning to adapt, with the help of Rhysand and his inner court.

And the characters in this book that you meet! The characters! They are amazing. I love them all and I can't wait to see more of them.

I could ramble forever about this book, and I'm not sure I put into words how much I adore it, but all I can say is it is a powerful book with amazing characters, and I definitely recommend it, and the series so far. This book was a bit more serious than the last, but no less beautiful, and I'm not sure Sarah can make the next book better than this.

Though I will say, it isn't all PG so I wouldn't say younger readers should pick up this book!

Definitely rating this as 5 cats!

Have you read this book, and do you agree with me? Are you a Tamlin lover, or like me have you been converted from Tamlin to Rhysand? Comment below!

Review: A Court of Thorns and Roses by S. J. Maas

So, this book has been on my TBR list for ages, as I absolutely loved Sarah's Throne of Glass series, so I was hoping I'd love these set of books just as much. So, I bought it.

You can maybe tell how excited I was to read it by the fact that it was a new buy, and put onto my last week's TBR post (see HERE).

Here's the book:

Feyre is a huntress.

She thinks nothing of slaughtering a wolf to capture its prey. But, like all mortals, she fears what lingers mercilessly beyond the forest. And she will learn that taking the life of a magical creature comes at a high price...

Imprisoned in an enchanted court in her enemy's kingdom, Feyre is free to roam but forbidden to escape. Her captor's body bears the scars of fighting, and his face is always masked - but his piercing stare draws her ever closer. As Feyre's feelings for Tamlin begin to burn through every warning she's been told about his kind, an ancient, wicked shadow grows.

Feyre must find a way to break a spell, or lose her heart forever.

So, I must admit that it took me a while to get into this book. I don't know if it was because a few people have told me they DNF'ed this book, or just because I had a bit of trouble understanding some of the history inside the book. All I know is that I was tempted to give up after I didn't get caught up in the story from the beginning.

I'm not used to not getting into a book straight away, so it put me off a bit. However, I pushed through and kept at the book, and boy am I glad I did. It took me a while, but I got pulled into the world, and Sarah didn't disappoint.

Yet again, I fell in love with a book that is very similar to Beauty and the Beast, but what can I say, I love that kind of story line.

It was nice to see the slow build between Tamlin and Feyre, and even the slow budding friendship of Feyre and the other Fae that she is living with (I especially loved the friendship between Lucien and Feyre, it made me want a friend like Lucien). In fact, Lucien was hands-down my favourite character of the lot, well, after he stopped being a bit annoying in the beginning.

The romance between Tamlin and Fayre made me so wistful in this book. One scene, especially, just made me wish I could climb inside the book and become a part of the scene as it just sounded so magical. It was when Feyre and Tamlin dance in a meadow during a Summer solstice celebration. The imagery in that scene just blew me away, and it had to have been one of my favourite scenes in the book.

Of course, romance isn't the only thing that is part of this book, there's a lot of intriguing hints peppered through the pages that I didn't pick up on until the very end, but what I can say is that there is a lot of action jam-packed into the last part of the book. I feel like the majority of the action in this book was near the end, and maybe that's why I had trouble getting into the beginning of the book, but either way by the end I couldn't put the book down, and didn't want to put the book down, until I had devoured the whole thing.

I could talk about the plot all day, but I don't want to spoil anything for you if you've not read the book, all I can say is if you love faerie stories and you love a book that is both action-packed and romance filled you will surely like this book.

Have any of you read the book? Do you agree with me? Comment below!