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A Court of Silver Flames (A Court of Thorns and Roses, #5)

by Sarah J. Maas (Goodreads Author)

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read in December 2023

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" This was the book I was most dreading in the ACOTAR series as I knew it was from nesta’s perspective and knew her to be (to put it very nicely) an extremely ~difficult~ character.

I was really struggling the first fourth of this book to understand WH This was the book I was most dreading in the ACOTAR series as I knew it was from nesta’s perspective and knew her to be (to put it very nicely) an extremely ~difficult~ character.

I was really struggling the first fourth of this book to understand WHY SJM chose Nesta to focus on, and to give so much power to? I realize the story is all over the place at times, and lord knows SJM is not the world’s most eloquent writer, but I found myself more invested in the story here than any other ACOTAR book (dare I say even more than ACOMAF??).

First of all, it’s got more heart independent of romance with Nesta and her Valkyrie gal pals working through all their trauma together (not without support from Cassian & Az in training ofc), but throwing them into the Blood Rite I did NOT see coming! Just a tiiiiiny bit annoyed that Gwyn & Emerie emerged as champs even tho Illyrian males who were literally ~bred for this~ die at their feet after they’ve only had a few months of training? Makes for “moving” ending of them conquering their fears and traumas and completing the Rite but just isn’t believable. Still, I found it heartening to have a central narrative of this book to be centered around female friendship and all you can conquer through it.

Secondly, this book is SOOOOOO much sexier! I will always ship Rhysand over any other fae (can you blame me?) but I was surprised at how I ate UP all the tension btw Cassian and Nesta! SJM really went for it in the bedroom scenes and tbh I’m here for it as it fits Cassian & Nesta’s animalistic instincts well (lol, but true).

Thirdly, I found myself low key annoyed by Feyre and Rhysand written in third person??? A bit of a bummer to see how flat they’re portrayed without the focus on them and their inner monologues. Also pretty annoyed Feyre got preggo less than 2 years as an immortal? like girl, you’re gonna live
f o r e v e r why the rush with no biological clock and new wartime still ramping up??? a little perturbed SJM had to swerve hard to make Feyre a mother when it seems unlike Feyre’s character in many ways. Oh well. Probably she’s giving space for future spin offs with the future Archeron children?

Lastly, Emerie & Mor!!!?? That flushed face Emerie gets when she sees Mor in the library and says “she’s the most beautiful in the world”?!!! I caught that, sneaky SJM!!! It MUST happen. fingers crossed to get some sexy fae gal love scenes let’s gooooooo!!!!

TDLR; I liked this a whole lot more than I predicted. Still bad writing & corny plot lines but what an absolute blast to tear through! can’t wait for the next. ...more "

Dec 12, 2023 11:27AM · see review