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

Mar 24, 2017 Anniebananie rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Ach herrje die letzten 200 Seiten flogen ja nur so dahin! Davor war das Buch auch keineswegs schlecht, aber mir fehlte doch so ein bisschen Action bzw. Spannung. Frau Maas hat mit dem Auftakt zu dieser Reihe wieder eindrucksvoll unter Beweis gestellt, dass sie schreiben kann. Sowohl die Welt als auch die Charaktere, die sie hier wieder erschaffen hat, machen das Buch absolut lesenswert. Ich bin Fan! Und hoffe, dass ich dem 2. Band dann volle 5 Sterne geben kann ;)

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Mar 07, 2018 SparkOfBooks rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Ein legendäres Reich.
Ein Fluch.
Und eine Liebe, die über Leben und Tod entscheidet.
Als die junge Jägerin Feyre im Wald einen Wolf tötet, erscheint nach ihrer Rückkehr zu ihrem Zuhause eine furchteinflößende Kreatur, die von der Jägerin Wiedergutmachung verlangt. Feyre ist dazu gezwungen die Kreatur zu begleiten und zwar in das sagenumwobene Reich der Fae - nach Prythian. Dieses Reich umfasst viele Legenden. Und nach kurzer Zeit wird ihr klar, dass sie nicht nur von irgendeinem Fae verschleppt wur ...more

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May 11, 2019 Ping rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: read-in-2019, as-audio-book

Spoilers. Want to remember some things.

I heard that this is dealt as an adaption of The Beauty and the Beast. I forgot about this when I started with the book and somewhere in the middle it hit me again (when she went into the library). When the curse got revealed, I also think it has similarities with The Beauty and the Beast, but apart from this it is not very Beauty and the Beast-heavy.
The beginning was fine, but when Tamlin in wild form visited Feyre's home to get revenge. I found it weird t Spoilers. Want to remember some things.

I heard that this is dealt as an adaption of The Beauty and the Beast. I forgot about this when I started with the book and somewhere in the middle it hit me again (when she went into the library). When the curse got revealed, I also think it has similarities with The Beauty and the Beast, but apart from this it is not very Beauty and the Beast-heavy.
The beginning was fine, but when Tamlin in wild form visited Feyre's home to get revenge. I found it weird that he didn't want to kill her, but instead takes her to his land. Thankfully this got explained later.
Feyra had some nice attributes, but this devote thinking style was tireding sometimes (just think about the Canadian meme, where they always say sorry; even though there is nothing to be sorry about or noone cares). I found it cool actually that in the last trial Feyra actually really killed Faes, that was not granted.
Apart from this.. hmm... there were erotic scenes, which is okay and I knew that there are from other book reviews, but I understand now what they meant - this book is really an introduction to the New Adult genre with just some Fantasy elements. I do not know how you could have done better, but I found the introduction to the creatures (Suriel, Naga) clumsy. I mean the Suriel is kinda cool and I find the "go find one, he knows some answers" valid, but the Naga did not have any important role afterwards, they could have just been evil Faes. Naga reminded me on World of Warcraft and some description even fit (scales, hissing tongue).
There was no insta-love at least, it had some development. I also find it interesting that Feyra thought that Rhys is the most beautiful man she ever saw when she first met him, but she still held on to Tam. I did not have this for a long time or at least when reading this book I clearly noticed it for the first time: I had cringe moments and this time I can even use the word "LITERALLY". I twitched together and pulled a lemon-eat face. That also happened during the erotic scenes and this destroys it, even though they are written fine in general I guess. But purring and ripping off her underwear with his claw?
Finally getting to know Amarantha was a good progression in the story and the 3 trials were actually versatile. This whole contract with Rhy was again so weird. This is a sub/dom women's empowerment novel in disguise. Feyra is surprisingly no virgin when the novel starts and feels comfortable in her body. One writing thing I found sloppy: When Feyra was covered in mud, she said that only her blue eyes were visible. Since it is in the ego perspective, I don't think she would add the color of her eyes as a description of her in that situation.

The 3 stars' "I like it" is more meant as "I was entertained". It is the same situation as with Sophie Jordan's "Rise of Fire" (Rückkehr des Lichts), which I also gave 3 stars, because I had to laugh because it was so ridiculous and it was such a pageturner. ...more

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Aug 06, 2020 Sass Asin rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Habe mich ohne Probleme ins Buch einfinden können.
Fand die Beziehung zu ihren Schwestern etwas seltsam. Das es für ihren Vater keinen Namen gab und dieser im gesamten Bauch nur Vater genannt wurde, stört mich nicht.
Die Beziehung zu Tamlin, nun ja um solch eine große Liebe für ihn zu entwickeln ist mir doch etwas zu dünn. Doch mir gefällt wie sich alles innerhalb der Geschichte weiter entwickelt. Insbesondere der Fantasyteil hatte mir es angetan.
Bin gespannt wie sich die Beziehung zu Rhysand weit ...more

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