**spoiler alert** Mmmmm I found myself having to put this book down at times because I either became a bit disinterested in the back and forth or I fo**spoiler alert** Mmmmm I found myself having to put this book down at times because I either became a bit disinterested in the back and forth or I found some of the story to be a bit far-fetched.
Overall it’s the small things that irk me about this series and ultimately makes it harder for me to want to continue reading any more books.
Feyre herself as a character I never clicked with. To be honest the bold, brazen character I wanted from the beginning finally came out of her but I guess it wasn’t ever meant to be for her and I.
Small things #1: For me, the colloquial mannerisms of some of the characters finally grated on me. I liked the portrayal of the Fae as other-worldly, as was often done. But too often I felt myself cringing at the way some of the Court of Dreams characters carried themselves and acted when amongst themselves. Sometimes they came across a bit too human for me. Maybe that was the point? I think it is? Fair enough but for me it didn’t feel right. Azriel is the exception for me here of course as he maintains some ethereal essence about himself.
Small thing #2: Rhysand is just perfection. Sometimes though it drove me mad how the definition of Rhysand suddenly was “become everything that Tamlin wasn’t”. It felt like although he was a character of his own, we were constantly reminded of how much better he was for Feyre than Tamlin, like not only reminded but explicitly narrated constantly by Feyre and it just felt like it was being pointed out too often. We get it hun. He gives you freedom. But, sometimes you should not have freedom darling Feyre because you’re also a newly Made Fae who might not actually have the capacity to make a lot of big important decisions for yourself right now??
Small thing #3: I found out that I did have a slight qualm about Maas’ writing. Often, we discovered the true intentions of events and characters through the narrative and inner dialogue of Feyre. Basically being in the first person narrative, I found that many insights and details didn’t really make sense to be told through the eyes of Feyre. It just felt like sometimes the story was being told in a way that didn’t feel right or natural. For Feyre to comprehend everything so deeply sometimes felt a bit misplaced so much so that I felt disconnected from Feyre’s train of thought. For me, this felt like Maas explaining things to the reader and not so much Feyre’s natural thinking. I hope this makes sense.
I do apologize if I’m overthinking some things. It might be only a few times and it just stuck out so much for me.
As many have mentioned, there are many loose ends with characters that I guess it makes sense to dig into them over the next few books. Either way, at this stage I doubt I’ll be digging into the world of Feyre again anytime soon.
The end became a bit of a mess to be honest.
Not the high I wanted to end on unfortunately....more
**spoiler alert** After all the hype, I was expecting maybe too much, and even more so because of my love for Maas’ Throne of Glass series.
Sorry this **spoiler alert** After all the hype, I was expecting maybe too much, and even more so because of my love for Maas’ Throne of Glass series.
Sorry this is a rant and not a review.
Right now I’m still processing everything but I can say that Feyre’s character did not do it for me. Her naivety and inner dialogue drove me nuts half the time which kills me to say because I really thought at the beginning she was going to be a much stronger character. I didn’t feel for her or connect with her in any way.
I probably read it so quick because I genuinely did love escaping into the world that Sarah J. Maas so effortlessly and beautifully built, but a part of me just didn’t love the story in general. The characters all seem very basic or predictable for the most part. The book definitely got a bit better around the 70% mark. I was about to put it down as a DNF when Feyre was going to the mountain to somehow (???) save Tamlin and boom, Rhysand makes his mark on the story and I became hooked from there on in.
Feyre’s story is mostly all about falling in love with Tamlin, her High Lord. What really irks me is that as he courts her from day 1, she really doesn’t seem to be totally alarmed by this? Never questioning how loving a fae would be going against her morals? She just seemed to roll with it which didn’t sit well with me. Like when he gives her a compliment on the first day after she’s cleaned up, she remarks on how pathetic it was rather than be worried that he was trying to come on to her, you know, as the dangerous enemy species?? I get that she did fear him and she was stubborn and held back in some way, but the way the love story played out in itself just felt too easy.
I’m a sucker for dark mysterious sexy male characters so it’s no wonder Rhysand has all the excitement?? Tamlin felt like he was too much of a lost puppy. I don’t feel anything for him sadly.
Ugh. I’m so sad this didn’t rock my world.
However, I will see about Rhysand in the second book and maybe in general the series will get better....more
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