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A Court of Thorns and Roses
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June 1, 2015
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June 30, 2015
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Rachel
Mar 12, 2021 rated it it was amazing
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I held off on reading this for a long time because many times with super-hyped books, I pick them up and I can see why they are hyped. They usually have some super sexy make-out scenes or a clever mystery. But in most cases, I also find these books to be poorly written, be really sexist, or have faulty world-building.

A Court of Thorns and Roses did not. It hit EVERY SINGLE MARK. The worldbuilding was richly built with a long history of relations between the fae and the humans, but Maas really o
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Angie Taylor
Jun 19, 2018 rated it liked it
I decided to finally give these books a try since I've had so many people tell me I need to read them.
Here's what I liked: Maas has created a unique telling of Beauty in the Beast by using the fantasy trope of fairies' and humans' worlds colliding. This is done very well and draws the reader in with the magic and mystery Feyra discovers bit by bit. I liked Feyra's strong fire and her hard worth ethic to provide for her family despite her education limitations and order of birth. I loved the sac
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Lauren
May 27, 2015 added it
Shelves: i-give-up
I tried to read this for 2 weeks and it never took off for me. Pretty disappointing because I really wanted to rave with everyone else. Maybe another time...
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Jan 21, 2016 rated it it was ok
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Jun 30, 2017 rated it it was amazing
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Sasha
Aug 05, 2023 rated it it was amazing
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