Adorkable Musings

As we all know, I am a fan of Booktok.  For the past few months, my for you page (FYP) has been full of books in the A Court of Thorn and Roses (ACOTAR) books. At first, I was on the side of people who like these books, but I will get there eventually.  Now that I have read the second book in this series, I understand the hype.  After reading the first book, I thought I knew what would happen in the next book.  Imagine my surprise and delight when I realized everything I thought I knew was blasted out the window.  It almost feels like the writer had a purpose in mind, and then, when a character was introduced, that plan imploded.  In case you haven’t figured out, this week’s book review is A Court of Mist and Fury by Sara J Maas (book 2 in the ACOTAR series)

This book starts practically where ACOTAR ends.  Feyre is coming to terms with what happened under the mountain.  The fae around her view her as a hero and is using kid gloves with her.  Tamlin is not allowing her to move freely, turning her into a prisoner in a gilded cage.  Feyre is being pushed to marry Tamlin even though she feels a massive disconnect between them.   When she thinks the world is about to collapse around her, here comes Rhysand.  The dark fae knight reminds Feyre of her promise to him while they are under the mountain.  A promise to spend time at the Night Court.  Rhysand takes her to the Night Court, and instead of torturing her or mistreating her, he encourages her to learn how to read.  Going between the Night Court and the Spring Court finally comes to a head when a falling out with Tamlin makes her a prisoner for real this time.  With the help of a friend from the Night Court, Feyre leaves the Spring Court and Tamlin. 

Believe it or not, this is only the book’s first few chapters. The rest of the book shows how Feyre grows into the powers that she got at the end of ACOTAR.  She became the person that she didn’t even know she could be.  Feyre builds friendships and finds truths from the first book, which threw me in a loop when I first read it.  When I told a friend I was reading it, her response was to let me know when you get to Chapter fifty-five.  Thanks to my FYP and my friend, I now know that chapter fifty-five is THE chapter in the book.  The chapter made me realize that ACOTAR is the prequel, and that Court of Mist and Fury is the first book.  Lately, when reading, I can tell who the bad guy is or the plot twist.  The things that were revealed in this chapter blew my mind.

This is a book that I will most definitely recommend to people.  This book is almost 650 pages, but the story flew by for me.  The story did a wonderful job of showing how strong the women in the story were.  I will be honest and say that the page count was intimidating. Once I got into the story, the pages flew by.  I currently own the next book in the series because this one ended on a cliffhanger.  I might put my current read down and start reading it.