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A Court of Thorns and Roses (A Court of Thorns and Roses, #1)

Sarah J. Maas

Start date: January 4, 2022

Finish date: February 4, 2022

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Apr 17, 2016 Susan rated it it was amazing

REREAD again LOL 4/18/25
My daughter and I decided to reread this series. I have reread it with numerous groups before but never with my daughter who actually introduced me to this series or author for that matter. I never mind rereading this series. I think it's one of my all time favorites of all time and it's like visiting an old friend when I decide to reread the series.

Reread again and finished Jan. 20th 2024. I felt a reading slump coming on so I decided to reread a favorite book of all ti ...more

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May 04, 2017 Keri rated it really liked it

Shelves: owned, series-in-progress

Reread May 2025 (I didn’t even realize I was reading this almost exactly 8 years later until right now!): My rating remains 3.5 rounded up. I feel basically the same as I wrote below, but it was so interesting this time knowing how much my opinions of several of these characters changes by the time we get to later books. Lucien is still by far my favorite character in this book. I didn’t mention last review but I also really love Alice. I listened to the new full cast audio and it was such a gre ...more

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Mar 31, 2018 Shan ~A~ rated it it was amazing

Shelves: 1st-in-series, books-i-own, borrowed-libby, animals, siblings, fantasy, romance, paranormal, family, audio

Updated Review 04/22/2023
This was still a 5 star read for me. It is such an engrossing read. Feyre is strong because she has to be, and I think that's why I find her so relatable. I do think that she was an enabler for her family though. I didn't like Nesta at all. She was such a b*tch to Feyre and for what? I would have understood acting that way toward her father, since he basically let his daughter take responsibility for the family instead of stepping up more.

I think most of my problems wer ...more

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Apr 30, 2016 Sassafrass rated it really liked it

Shelves: audiobooks, fantasy, new-adult, z-2016, z-challenge-books-2016

I thought this was a really good fantasy book. I'm always so intrigued by the politics and backstabbing in the fae courts. I know I would not be able to stomach living like that.

Anyway, I really enjoyed the way the relationship developed between Tamlin and Feyre. The story was an interesting take on "Beauty and the Beast". I was a little suspect at first because the story seemed like The Hunger Games when we first met Feyre. But, it quickly moved into something else.

My only real complaint abou ...more

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Jun 12, 2023 Janice rated it really liked it · review of another edition

This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here. First of all I will not fault this book for BookTok lying to me but where was the spice? Have I been so tainted and traumatized that I expected Ghost Peppers and you gave me Jalapeños and I just didn't notice? I do not think so! This is what I get for trusting strangers. May the spice flow in future books.

Back to this book... It follows Feyre (think Belle if Belle was illertate so she decided art was her thing instead of reading) trying to help her family survive. She goes wandering the woods, k First of all I will not fault this book for BookTok lying to me but where was the spice? Have I been so tainted and traumatized that I expected Ghost Peppers and you gave me Jalapeños and I just didn't notice? I do not think so! This is what I get for trusting strangers. May the spice flow in future books.

Back to this book... It follows Feyre (think Belle if Belle was illertate so she decided art was her thing instead of reading) trying to help her family survive. She goes wandering the woods, kills a deer minding her own buisness and a wolf that wasn't a wolf. Then the consequences of her actions shows up, takes her to his mansion, tells her she can go wherever but it may not be safe, and takes care of her family which so far my romance fantasy brain is hopeful even though I’m not really bonding with the FMC. Mr. Dreamboat-Werewolf-Wannabe falls in love with her and sends her away for her own safety and thus endures some trauma that we get glimpses of but NO ONE talks about like its name is Bruno. I understand the bat obsession on TikTok now.However, I'd like to point out his bouquet of red flags that may or may no be trauma related but are there and I hope at some point get addressed. I think all fae are just emotionally damaged at this point and that's why fae wine is so strong. The ending made me ask what in the Edward Cullen ___ dream was happening.

Points for:
Definitely keeping the first person personality consistent, even when she's annoying
Bat boy cause I love the red flags even though I shouldn't
Legolas Lupin the Fae Version having way more patience with Feyre then I had
Smexy Mad Eye Moody Fae. If I have to have that mental image, so do you. ALSO he deserves the world, I'm calling it now.
Creating a vibrant world and a fandom that kind of scares me.

Points off for:
Feyre not asking the questions I wanna know or explain certain parts of the world. I am letting this slide a little because of the gag order part but still I had questions and I want answers and this girl is WAY too trusting.
Nesta and Elaine are just foils who sometimes serve the plot but if they disappeared I feel like their dad would have filled the role fine. May pay off in later books though.
Feyre took the news of who that wolf really was WAY better than I would have
Look you get the points back for how it played out but I initially took points off for it not being Alice and her nephews when Amarantha went all Astrid from Skyrim.
Making me feel like I am worse than Amarantha (see above).

On a way more serious note without me numbing potential spoilers with random references, I am going to be continuing the series. I have hope that the series overall will live up to the hype and this was just the start. I'd still recommend it BUT I would add a potential trigger warning for borderline SA due to what happens between Feyre and Rhysand under the mountain. While people seem to ship those two a lot, the situation here is inappropriate and could potentially trigger someone. It makes me nervous how it will be handled in the future if at all.

3.5/5 stars but rounding up because I wanna see the Fae version of vampires vs werewolves play out. ...more

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Feb 06, 2018 Nate Morse rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: fantasy, ya

Beauty and the Beast with fairy elves. A little annoying for the first half of the book as the main character is just pissed off at everyone and everything. Second half picks up and actually starts explaining the Big Bad and the court intrigue.

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Apr 21, 2015 Teddie rated it liked it

Shelves: fantasy, fae-filled, seadragons-wobble

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Nov 29, 2024 Delitealex rated it liked it · review of another edition

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May 14, 2015 Erin *Proud Book Hoarder* marked it as wishlist-fantasy

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Jun 22, 2015 Angie rated it it was amazing

Shelves: fantasy, young-adult, fae, romance, read-in-2016

Jun 24, 2015 Stacey rated it liked it

Shelves: own, library

Jan 27, 2021 Katharine rated it really liked it

Shelves: young-at-heart, me-first, romantasy, imagine-that, first, fairies

Aug 01, 2015 Jim Townsend marked it as to-read · review of another edition

Aug 08, 2015 Shea marked it as to-read

Shelves: fantasy, young-adult, fae-faeries

Aug 09, 2015 Caitlin marked it as read-when-series-completed

Dec 20, 2015 Jessica rated it it was amazing

Shelves: e-book, fairy-tales, romance, faeries, retellings

May 11, 2016 Christie marked it as to-read

Shelves: library

Jun 02, 2016 Debby marked it as to-read · review of another edition

Jul 06, 2016 Eva rated it really liked it

Sep 29, 2016 Marie rated it really liked it

Shelves: fantasy, mystery, 4-stars, magic, faeries, fairy-tales-base, new-adult, reading-challenge-2016, goodreads-awards-2015, reading-challenge-2018