𝑻𝒉𝒓𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝑮𝒍𝒂𝒔𝒔, 𝑨 𝑪𝒐𝒖𝒓𝒕 𝒐𝒇 𝑻𝒉𝒐𝒓𝒏𝒔 & 𝑹𝒐𝒔𝒆𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑪𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒄𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝑪𝒊𝒕𝒚 𝑹𝒆-𝑹𝒆𝒂𝒅

Okay, so I'm re-reading all of SJM's books (well, Throne of Glass series, ACOTAR & Crescent City) before the new CC3 book comes out. And I've had some thoughts and opinions ... (I would also love if people wanted to share their 2 cents!)

I’d never seen his hazel eyes so bright, the hues of green amid the brown and gray like veins of emerald.

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⁣⁣⁣⤞ art by @artyventurer

⤞ commissioned by me

@azrielshadowsingerweek : Wishes for the Future

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Five Things I Liked About This Book: 

ONE: 

In the beginning of this book, it seemed like the author was falling back on some oft-used tropes. (ie: Self-sacrificing heroine who cares for useless family so they don't all starve to death.)

However, as the story continued, the initial "tropes" were turned on their heads. I was given an actual explanation that went a long way towards making me understand Feyre's sisters and their actions. Also, Feyre was not as self-sacrificing as she initially seemed but had deeper, more layered reasons for making the choices she did. I ended up really enjoying the fact that Sarah J. Mass turned an oft-used trope into something realistic and meaningful.

TWO:

All the settings were richly drawn. There were a lot of sensory descriptions given that made me feel like I was in the Spring Court with Feyre, or tromping through the woods hunting the Suriel, or thrown against the wall while Tamlin...oops, maybe forget that one...hehe

THREE

I didn't initially like Feyre very much because I thought she was going to be the standard snarky, all-knowing, I'm-the-only-one-who-can-save-us-all heroine that I am SO over. Luckily, I was proven wrong and ended up REALLY rooting for Feyre--especially throughout the second half of the book. She was strong, but she also reacted like a normal human would if they were put in seriously traumatic situations. I loved her character growth throughout the story. In fact, I totally fell in love with everything about Feyre...

FOUR:

The whole second half of the book had excellent pacing that kept me turning the pages as fast as I could. Feyre really came into her own throughout the challenges, and all her interactions with Rhysand were SUPER intriguing!

FIVE:

The author never shied away from putting Feyre in horrible situations and forcing her to make truly traumatic choices in order to save herself and the people she cared for. The horror of the situations Feyre was put in made for some gut-wrenching scenes that kept me totally invested in her story.

In Conclusion: I ended up really liking this book. I do recall that, when I finished this first book (I read the rest of the series before writing this review) I wished that I was more invested in Feyre's relationship with Tam. However, I should've trusted that the author knew what she was doing. Although Tamlin seemed sort of flat to me, and I didn't really buy into his epic love story with Feyre, there was a reason for their scenes being written in a specific style. For spoiler reasons, that's all I'll say about that.

The beginning of this book was a bit hard for me to get into. The first half is slower than the second half, which brought my rating down to four stars rather than five. All in all though, this is a book I'd definitely recommend, especially as it lead into the second book in the series: A Court of Mist and Fury (which will be my next review)

All in all, this was me at the end of the book: