“I love you, (…) thorns and all.”
Genre: Fantasy, Romance
Actually Rating: 5+ stars
Content Warning: Graphic violence and some sexual content.
“A Court of Thorns and Roses” is a fantasy novel that takes place in a world where humans and faeries are mortal enemies after fighting a deadly war against each other. Within this world, Feyre is a human young woman who hunts out of necessity. When, by mistake, she kills a faerie while hunting, she is given two options: either be killed on the spot or be taken to the faerie kingdom, back to one of the Faerie realms called Prythian, to live out the rest of her days. This is how she meets Tamlin, a High Fae who’s the High Lord of the Spring Court, and who’s become her captor? Of sorts? It didn’t feel like any normal prison to Feyre… But that’s for her to experience and for us to read.
Oh wow. This book is something else. It broke me and brought me back together. The world-building and plot were immaculate. The romance wasn’t as spicy as I expected, but I’ve been told it gets better with time (props to Nicole for recommending this series, I can already tell these will be some of my favorite reads of 2022).
“A Court of Thorns and Roses” is an action-pack, fast-paced read. Yes, it’s long, but trust me when I say it’s fast-paced, it’s only so long because so many things happen within the chapters of this book. It’s amazing how I fell in love with all characters, even with the villains, throughout this story. Filled with descriptive narratives and dynamic interactions, there’s really nothing I would change about the first installment in this series.
I would recommend this book to anyone willing to commit to reading the rest of the series. It’s not even that they leave us in a cliffhanger or anything, it’s just that you’ll end up wanting more after finishing this read. So, if you like fantasy books and faeries, then this is the book for you.
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