Review: A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Mass

A Court of Thorns and Roses (A Court of Thorns and Roses, #1)
Author: Sarah J. Maas
Published by: Bloomsbury USA Childrens
Published on: May 5, 2015
Genres: Fantasy
Pages: 416
Format: Paperback
Source: Purchased
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Feyre’s survival rests upon her ability to hunt and kill – the forest where she lives is a cold, bleak place in the long winter months. So when she spots a deer in the forest being pursued by a wolf, she cannot resist fighting it for the flesh. But to do so, she must kill the predator and killing something so precious comes at a price …

Dragged to a magical kingdom for the murder of a faerie, Feyre discovers that her captor, his face obscured by a jewelled mask, is hiding far more than his piercing green eyes would suggest. Feyre’s presence at the court is closely guarded, and as she begins to learn why, her feelings for him turn from hostility to passion and the faerie lands become an even more dangerous place. Feyre must fight to break an ancient curse, or she will lose him forever.

I’m not going to lie when I said I was very nervous when going into this series simply for the negativity that I’ve seen floating around the community. I went into the book with an opened-mind and I ended up loving it overall!

Our main character is Feyre who starts as a strong huntress fending for her family. At times Feyre could be a bit annoying, but overall I did love her and her determination. She literally fought for her life to help others which definitely shows a lot about her character. I ended up loving her character the more the story progressed! I found myself cheering her on throughout the battles that she faced.

Now let’s talk about Tamlin because like HELLO he is our love interest and I kinda sorta had a love-hate with his character at first. In the end, I ended up really adoring his character, but a few times there were some questionable weird things that happened. At the end though, you understand why everything was the way it was so it makes it all better.

The development of Tamlin and Feyre was paced really well, there was no rush or no insta-love (THANK THE LITERARY GODS). It was a slow burning flame that turned into an intense fire and I AM SO HERE FOR IT. At first, their romance was questionable and a bit awkward, but it blossomed into something I found myself rooting for!

There’s, of course, an evil Queen (F YOU!!) and Rhysand which I’m not saying too much about him because spoilers but like, he was the fairy godmother of this story.

The middle of the book was slow, I’m not going to lie, but it was action-packed enough to keep my interest until things got SUPER intense towards the end.

Overall, despite all the negativity surrounding this book, I did realllly enjoy it! I’m very hyped to read the next book in the series as well as Throne of Glass because Sarah J. Mass’ writing style has me HOOKED.