The attempted rape of Feyre by Tamlin was brushed off as no more than a mere romantic, steamy encounter to further their lukewarm love story. This next point is a spoiler, but because I am disgusted with Sarah J Maas for including this, I am not going to mark it as such, since everyone should know what kind of morals this book is supporting before they read it especially when they are as filthy and vulgar as this was. The atmosphere and the opening chapter were excellent and I was intrigued by the idea that was offered me, but the actual book did not deliver at all. Which is it, Maas? It can't be both unless she has unmentioned magical hair dyeing abilities. I pushed and pulled, but the mud was too slick, and held fast.Īre you aware of the definition of 'slick', Sarah J Maas? I do not think it means what you think it means.īesides that, Amarantha's hair drastically changed color after about 90 pages: The writing itself was inconsistent and poorly done. The original Beauty and the Beast story had established rose motifs-you can't borrow good writing, even for a retelling. The word 'thorn' was only used a grand total of 9 times in this book.

Thorns and all' is wholely ineffective because 'thorns' had not been established as a motif and was only used in that context in that very scene, more than halfway through the book. It's stupid and flashy and unrelated to the actual content of the book. 'Do you lie awake at night to come up with all your witty replies for the following day?' Please move on if you do not like my take.) This review is for me first and foremost, not you. I receive too many of those comments and I'm tired of replying the same thing over and over again. Please refrain from commenting about how I need to continue the series or that I did not understand the book. In the intervening years since reading this, my feelings on the matter have not changed nor have I desired to continue.

It has been about 5 years as I have stated in a number of comments, I will not continue this series. (Note from because I apparently have to spell it out: For those of you who don't read comments or check dates read, I read and reviewed this book in 2018. It's either do this or have the entire review hidden bc of spoilers) (Note from So someone reported this for unmarked spoilers even tho I prefaced it lol so the spoilers will be marked where they are, even though they really aren't spoilers at all because they do not significantly affect the plot in any way but oh well.

A court of thorns and roses