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

Sarah J. Maas

Start date: July 1, 2017

Finish date: July 31, 2017

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

Shelves: 1st-in-series, books-i-own, borrowed-libby, new-adult, dancing, fantasy, romance, animals, siblings, paranormal

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.

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Feb 10, 2019 Thida rated it liked it

Shelves: owned, fantasy

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Sep 11, 2017 Summer rated it did not like it · review of another edition

Shelves: kindle, book-club, 2017, series-dnf

To be fair, I'm not the target demographic for this book. Yes, I love me a good id/ego/superego love triangle (shoutout to Sonny/Brenda/Jax way back in the way back!), but I'm not a high fantasy fan. Still, my quibbles with this book have nothing to do with genre and everything to do with lazy writing.

Do we have a female whose characterization is based on being a damsel and distress and needing to be saved by men? Check!

Do we have a female character who's put in sketchy sexual situations agains ...more

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