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

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Feyre’s survival rests upon her ability to hunt and kill – the forest where she lives is a cold, bleak place in the long winter months. So when she spots a deer in the forest being pursued by a wolf, she cannot resist fighting it for the flesh. But to do so, she must kill the predator and killing something so precious comes at a price …

Dragged to a magical kingdom for the murder of a faerie, Feyre discovers that her captor, his face obscured by a jewelled mask, is hiding far more than his piercing green eyes would suggest. Feyre’s presence at the court is closely guarded, and as she begins to learn why, her feelings for him turn from hostility to passion and the faerie lands become an even more dangerous place. Feyre must fight to break an ancient curse, or she will lose him forever.

“Don’t feel bad for one moment about doing what brings you joy.” 

This was my last read of 2017, but it actually happened that I read A Court of Thorns and Roses – an incredibly hyped Series that I saw everywhere when I got into reading again. Let’s just say that it was hard going into this book when I had heard so so many things, both positive and negative, but lately more of the latter. To be honest I would have procrastinated reading this for a while because of the stress of knowing what everyone else was already thinking. But my best friend loved this book and got me a copy for Christmas in 2016, so I decided to read it when it had been lying around for an entire year.

As you might have seen by the rating I really liked the book and honestly I was very, very surprised that I even ended up liking ACOTAR. After all the critical responses, I was sure that I might either hate it, or find it to be a 3 star read, but that turned out not to be true. It was also the case that I held on to the book in a week that was very draining and hard for me, so it does hold some personal value as well. However, I do want to point out that just because I loved this book doesn’t mean or don’t see or won’t address its flaws. The book definitely has a few problematic aspects to it that I’m going to discuss when I talk about the Bad Things of ACTOAR. So don’t worry my Review covers both what I liked and what I didn’t. Furthermore, despite all the hype, I wouldn’t recommend A Court of Thorns and Roses to everyone, because it’s simply not a book everyone is going to love. Also this is New Adult, like seriously this is no YA.