A Court of Mist and Fury (A Court of Thorns and Roses, #2) in Random Readalongs

May 19, 2016 Abigail rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

4.75 stars.
So that was a wild ride!
Rhys and Feyre's flirting was amazing. That was favorite part of the book. The new side characters were perfect. They were unexpected and a nice surprise. However, I did really miss Lucien throughout the book. Tamlin all I will say is I called it and he deserved it. Rhysand is a wonderful, mysterious, and complex character. And I LOVE wonderful, mysterious, and complex characters.

Now this review is going to be all over the place, because I'm just going to t 4.75 stars.
So that was a wild ride!
Rhys and Feyre's flirting was amazing. That was favorite part of the book. The new side characters were perfect. They were unexpected and a nice surprise. However, I did really miss Lucien throughout the book. Tamlin all I will say is I called it and he deserved it. Rhysand is a wonderful, mysterious, and complex character. And I LOVE wonderful, mysterious, and complex characters.

Now this review is going to be all over the place, because I'm just going to type whatever comes to my head. Just a small warning if it is hectic.

I think we should've seen more of Feyre's training. Also, the war seemed to come very fast. They were talking about it for 400+ pages and then suddenly it was like the war was the next day. The pacing was a little hectic at times, for the first 400 or so pages it was at a nice pace but then the last 100 pages it was fast and kind of confusing. (view spoiler) Also about Feyre's shield (view spoiler)

Now Rhysand I love but he also annoyed me at times. (view spoiler) Let's talk about Feyre and Rhysand's bargain, (view spoiler)

This is a weird complaint but sometimes I felt like Feyre thought 'I'm not beautiful' just so Rhys/SJM could say 'Yes, you are beautiful'. There are a lot of moments where Feyre thinks 'I'm gorgeous and smart, etc.' but then she goes back to thinking that she isn't. It's inconsistent but it also could be me nitpicking. I see it happen in other books as well, it seems like the main character who is described as the most beautiful person in the world will say they aren't beautiful just so the author can have the main love interest say they are. If that made any sense at all.

Jurian. (view spoiler)

Feyre's sisters. (view spoiler)

Here's a question for people who have read the book. Maybe it is something I have forgotten. (view spoiler)

The ending. (view spoiler)

The next book is going to be very exciting and epic. I can't wait!

If you are like me and you stopped reading the Throne of Glass series, give this a try. It's different and intense. The second book is miles better than the first book. I think SJM's writing is better in this book as well. The characters are better, almost everything is. I would recommend this series.
If you have made it this far, thanks for reading this review! :)

Predictions for book three:
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May 03, 2016 Books on Stereo rated it it was ok

So, before you jump to conclusions. I read this book twice...yes, twice. The first time I speed through this book, and I didn't really remember much of what happened in this book. So I went back and reread it. Man, it didn't hold up the second time.

I really hate SJM's writing style. It's overly verbose, repetitive, and just tonally a mess.

SJM is so heavy handed in how she constructs her plots. This whole point of this book is to get readers to like rhysand. It's like SJM forces these things on ...more

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Dec 20, 2015 Meagan rated it it was amazing

HOLY BAT SHIT CRAZY SARAH J MAAS FEELS!
I thought my heart was going to explode multiple times during this book.

This sequel did leaps and bounds for me. I wasn't the biggest fan of book one. I had some issues with Feyre's demeanor being so timid and frail and I hated Tamlin SOOOOO book two sold me with this series because we finally see Tamlin's true colors and it is not pretty. Feyre's attitude takes a complete 360 turn and she's this powerful, demanding strong woman who doesn't take shit from ...more

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Feb 07, 2016 Sunshine rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: audiobooks, ebooks, physical-books

This book made me feel everything. I fell in love, developed a hatred for someone I thought I knew, I felt loss, I felt hope, and anticipation. I loved every moment of it

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May 08, 2016 Savitri rated it really liked it · review of another edition

4.5/5 stars

Taking the time to write my "review". Like I said before, I'm now officially Feysand trash.

I definitely didn't expect to love this book as much as I did, since I had conflicting feelings about ACOTAR, even though EVERYBODY said that ACOMAF was so much better. And they were right.
Though, I mean, technically, this book isn't even that good. It's not the highlight of YA literature in the sense that it's well written. It's compulsive and addicting, yes, but the writing itself isn't all t ...more

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Nov 12, 2015 Federica rated it it was amazing

Shelves: 2016-reading-challenge, 2017-reading-challenge

Second time reading:
This still holds up as my favorite book I've ever read. There are so many reasons I love. And I know its flawed and I know some people think it's problematic. You can go ahead and hate me for loving it if you want. But this book never fails to bring a smile to my face and give me all of the warm fuzzy feelings which I truly haven't felt for a really long time. I feel such a deep connection to these characters and such a strong love for them. I can't remember feeling this way ...more

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Dec 14, 2015 Emma (Stark Reviews) rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: read-in-2016

Overall I really enjoyed this. It was a vast improvement from A Court of Thorns and Roses and it in no way suffered from second book syndrome. It built and expanded upon the first instalment and had some decent world-building and character development. That being said, I still found myself having one or two issues with the book. But I'll start with the good.

The world-building was wonderful. Maas is very good at making places and settings come to life. I love how she focused more on the histories ...more

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May 19, 2016 Wen rated it really liked it

Shelves: sff, series, 2016-reads

4.5/5 stars

I honestly have no idea how to rate this book. The first half of it was slow and tbh I wasn't that invested in the story. I have had issues with 2nd installments in series lately, I was almost convinced it'd be the case with this one too.
Man, was I wrong. Things got more and more exciting and I started to care about the every character so much. Especially once their back stories are unveiled.
So an extra .5 star for having me want the 3rd book in my possession before I even finished t ...more

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Oct 15, 2015 Alexa Bongala rated it really liked it

Shelves: favorite-books, favorite-books-2016

I really loved it! It was a roller coaster of emotions and with some of the stuff that was pointed out makes me want to read acotar all over again!

Feyre is queen! SLAAAAAAY!

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