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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 October 2023

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" I’m struggling to know how to rate this one because I did enjoy reading this, but I just had some issues. I keep going between 3 and 4 stars…but the more cons I come up with, the more I realize this is a 3 star book for me.

I loved the messages of me I’m struggling to know how to rate this one because I did enjoy reading this, but I just had some issues. I keep going between 3 and 4 stars…but the more cons I come up with, the more I realize this is a 3 star book for me.

I loved the messages of mental health and healing, and female friendship and sisterhood. The relationship between Nesta, Gwyn, and Emerie is the absolute best part of this book. Their friendship bracelets 😍 I honestly didn’t know if I’d ever end up liking Nesta, but I did.

My cons: I think this book was way too long. Nesta spends too much of this book in her lowest of lows, acting like a grade A bitch. Obviously this part of the book is important for her journey to healing...but a lot of it could have been cut. I think that the bulk of her healing seemed to happen very, very quickly (almost skipped over) after so much of the book was spent with her making tiny steps of progress.

The climax of the novel took up such a comparatively tiny portion of the book, and issues felt too easily resolved. Nesta and her friends become amazing warriors capable of accomplishing something only a handful of grown male warriors who have trained their whole lives have been able to accomplish. Like…I’m sorry, but if these three injured females who have been training for just a few months can make it (or almost make it) to the top of the mountain in the blood rite…then all these other Illyrians need to be very embarrassed. Like…only TWELVE have even made it to the base of the mountain?! In hundreds of years?! HOW???

The storyline with Briallyn came together a bit clumsily and was resolved way too quickly. Apparently Nesta’s actions the whole book have been partially influenced by Briallyn? Also…wow, Briallyn, quite the gamble to just assume Nesta would make it through most of the blood rite and up the mountain for you to intercept her there with Cassian. And then Nesta just kills Briallyn so quickly and easily. I had a bit of whiplash from the whole thing.

I also think, out of all the other books, this book almost felt like an erotic novel. The sex in this one was next level. Like I said, the book was too long and Nesta spent too much time in the lowest of lows. Part of the reason it’s like that is because so much of her lows are spent focused on creating sexual tension and then eventually with tons of sex scenes, almost like the sex was a priority for the author. I’m not one to complain about some spice…but I prefer when the spice is sprinkled in here and there, not used as an integral part of the novel.

In the end, despite these cons, I did have fun reading the book. Definitely my least favorite in the series, but I’m still glad I read it and I’ll reread whenever I reread the series. ...more "

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Oct 23, 2023 09:34AM · see review