"A Court of Mist and Fury" by Sarah J. Maas

"A Court of Mist and Fury" by Sarah J. Maas




Novel: A Court of Mist and Fury
Author: Sarah J. Maas
Published: 2016
Genre: fantasy, romance
Pages: 626
Series: A Court of Thorns and Roses #2

You won't often hear me saying this about sequels but I loved this book so much more than ACOTAR. Gah, if only love existed like it does in ACOMAF.

"Love can be a poison" - Rhysand


Blurb: Feyre survived Amarantha's clutches to return to the Spring Court—but at a steep cost. Though she now has the powers of the High Fae, her heart remains human, and it can't forget the terrible deeds she performed to save Tamlin's people.

Nor has Feyre forgotten her bargain with Rhysand, High Lord of the feared Night Court. As Feyre navigates its dark web of politics, passion, and dazzling power, a greater evil looms—and she might be key to stopping it. But only if she can harness her harrowing gifts, heal her fractured soul, and decide how she wishes to shape her future—and the future of a world cleaved in two.


So many things to say, where do I even begin? I feel like I always miss something when I write these blogs and it usually comes back to me later on, once it's already published. So that will probably happen again because there is so much that I have to say about ACOMAF. Let's start with Feyre. Ultimately likeable in ACOTAR, however as any normal human would who enters a world of faeries and evil, she was fragile and still finding out who she was. But LET ME TELL YOU; obviously, good-bye human Feyre and hello frickin independent, bad-ass new Feyre. I like both but I think we'll keep the latter. Her character development was off the charts thanks to Maas (btw, why have I been so dumb in never reading any of her stories before ACOTAR?). I can't really fault Feyre at all. I usually have one trait in the main character that annoys me but it's hard to find any, really. She becomes so strong and so righteous and just friggin amazing. Moving on, can just talk about the banter between the Inner Circle? If Maas made a novella just about their banter, I'd buy it in a heartbeat. It creates such a great dynamic in a story filled with a usual sombre, lets-fight-this-war story. I love how we got to meet, Mor, Amran, Cassian and Azriel. But don't ask me if I have a favourite because that's too hard. Moving on again, god-damn Rhysand. I can see now why everyone won't shut up about him on TikTok. I can see now why people prefer him to Tamlin (let's face it, we were all shipping Tamlin and Feyre in ACOTAR, don't even try to lie lol). He's literally the epitome of a teenage girl's dream man. And besides, I've always been a sucker for the bad-boy, good person, type. It's one of the best types of character someone could create. I definitely won't forget Rhys, not for a long time. Maybe not forever.Overall, I felt like the romance side was so much better and stronger. I also loved the action more in this novel too. The ending was superb and all those little twists and turns I didn't see coming were sublime. I even got a little emotional towards the end which tends to not happen very regularly when I read unless the book really impacts me. Not a lot to fault here but maybe just a bigger climax leading up to the action. Now I'm just being picky, honestly. Just on a side note as well, I'm absolutely in love with Sarah J. Maas's writing. She one of those people who creates characters where you actually delve so deep into the book, completely entrancing you that for a while, you actually forget that the people in her story are a work of fiction. And that hurts. It hurts to know they are only in someone's mind and that you can't actually ever meet them (lol). And that's on being a fantastic writer. Definitely up there now with one of my favourites. 

PROS: Rhys.
CONS: Tamlin. HAHA. 

So, I give this story a 9/10!
See you all very soon! (I'm sure you can all work out what I'll be reading...)
Madi xoxo