A Court of Thorns and
Roses by Sarah J. Maas
I had heard SO. MANY. good things about ACOTAR and it lived
up to them all.
This book was supposed to be a Beauty and the Beast
retelling and while it had certain similar elements and parallels, like a girl,
captured by a cursed royal, roses, and a giant library, (because we all know that’s
the best part about Beauty and the Beast. That library is lust-worthy.) it, to
me, wasn’t much of a retelling.
The story is about Feyre, a nineteen year-old girl
struggling to provide for her family. When Feyre kills a faerie, disguised as a
wolf a beast called Tamlin comes to claim her, a life for a life. He allows her
to live with him in the dangerous land of Pyrthian, where the faeries live. All
of her life, Feyre has heard horrific tales of deadly faeries who live there
and now she is to be captive in the land. But let’s be honest because even the
back of the book says it, some Stockholm syndrome happens and Feyre finds
herself in a sticky situation where she has major feelings for Tamlin. And pft.
Who wouldn’t? He’s apparently a hunk. As time goes on Feyre learns of a
darkness that is talking over the faerie lands, cursing Tamlin’s people and as
fate would have it, she is the only one who free the lands and her beloved
Tamlin.
Mkay, enough of that, I need to gush//rant. I. LOVED. THIS.
BOOK. This book is one of my new favorites. It’s beautifully written, romantic
and CAN I JUST LIVE IN THE SPRING COURT? (Even though I literally hate real
spring….I’m more of an Autumn gal myself.) But seriously, this place sounds immensely
beautiful and as a painter, like Feyre, I want to paint every scene from Spring
Court. The way Sarah describes the scenery is effortless and she makes it so
easy to picture in my head. I can relate BIGTIME to Feyre’s need to catalog
colors in her mind and just the way she takes in scenery, thinking about ways
she can paint it later, the way she sees things through an artist’s eye is so
me. This book sounds like Narnia’s long lost cousin. And for me to say that is
saying A LOT because Narnia is my all-time favorite anything. This book will
forever be on my favorites list and I will most certainly be painting something
inspired by this book soon. Like….probably later today soon.
Recommended age:
14+
On to the ratings!
Stars..
0 = None 10 = Tons
THE FEELS:
This book has a good many feels, I’d say. From the
interesting sisterly relationships to the way Feyre loves Tamlin, to the way
characters regret the past and consequences.
6/10
Violence:
There is a good bit of violence which at this point doesn’t bother
me. I've watched and read a lot of pretty gnarly stuff. But there are a lot of
bloody scenes, including a couple severed heads, stabbings and protruding bones
from body parts.
8/10
Sexual content:
There are several very steamy moments. Very passionate, almost
New Adult sex scenes that are preeettttyy detailed. Not good for kids under at
least 13. So for what I have read of YA I'm giving a pretty high score in
this section.
8.5/10
Crude language:
Surprisingly, the crude language wasn’t nearly as bad as I expected
form Sarah. The worse of the profanities were minor curse words. Words like “bitch”
“bastard” and “damn” are used frequently.
5/10
Other elements/comments:
This book deals a lot with guilt, consequences, and lies. There
is a reason behind all actions, however poorly made they may be but in the end
those poor decisions came at a cost.
Overall:
Overall it’s safe to say that I loved this book and I can’t
wait to dive into book 2!
10/10
Xoxo
- Sarah
