Rating: 3 stars
“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.”
After years of seeing people rave about A Court of Thorns and Roses, I finally gave in, and I didn’t really see they hype. I might do with the next one, if I ever choose to pick it up. I feel like as I go on, I might come to enjoy the story more. I feel like, when I think of fantasy books, there is Sarah J. Mass and Cassandra Clare, and, by the posts on this blog, we all know I am on Cassie’s side. I feel like, with all of the hype around this book, I would have loved it because I am a person who tends to love what others love, but this one was probably one of the firsts that I didn’t feel that way about. Even though this was a quick read for me, I feel like I forced myself to finish this book and that I was complaining to those around me about how much I wasn’t enjoying it.
No hate to the author, but I thought that some of the themes were a tad weird, like the whole masks not really being masks but their actual face, I don’t know. I still don’t really know if that’s actually the case or not, or if I have just got the story massively mixed up. If I have happened to get it confused, I think it is because the pace was extemely slow for a fantasy book, as when I think of fantasy, I think of fast moving worlds with a lot of things constantly happening, and this was just not it for me.
I don’t feel like Feyre was 1) a reliable narrator and 2) a likable character. I can’t pin point why I think this, but I feel very strongly about it. I got fed up with her narration as I hit about half way through the book, which could be a factor as to why I wasn’t enjoying reading so much.
I’m still undecided on if I’ll ever pick up A Court of Mist and Fury, the sequel to this one, let alone another Sarah J. Mass book, I now know why so many people are so divided on her and her work.
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