Review: A Court of Thorns and Roses

A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Review (sorta) #2
OH GOD I'VE BEEN PRONOUNCING RHYSAND'S NAME WRONG THIS WHOLE TIME. Book two's gonna be so weird trying to pronounce his name the correct way.

This book might have been even better the second time around. It was really amazing reading all the little hints and things that are more explained in book two (which I don't want to give away even though probably everyone has read these by now).

I'm so pumped for ACOWAR oh man.

In my old review, I talked about how this book could have been two books itself, but reading this again made me think that this was wrong. I thought it could've ended when Feyre returned home and the next book start with her going Under the Mountain, but now I realize that this book really did need all of this in one to get the full experience. Nothing much really happened in the first part to make it seem like it could stand alone, and I think I was too caught up in the romance the first time to realize that.

Also "This book ended so amazingly that I don't even know if I want to read the sequel." Oh please.

Also sort of unrelated, but goodread's new reread feature is cute. Crazy that I read this at like almost the same time last year.

Original Review (or lack of review?)
I loved this book so much you don't even know.

It's a take on Beauty and the Beast, I believe. This takes place in a world with humans and the Fae (fairies). A human girl, Feyre (fay-ruh), is struggling to keep her poor family alive. She hunts for food, and one day she ends up killing a Fae beast. This leads to her breaking the treaty between Fae and humans, and she must either die or come back to live with the Fae for the rest of her life.

This story is about her being torn away from her family and living in this new world she didn't believe really existed until now.

I don't want to get more into it, but it was great. I loved it so much. Maybe you wouldn't like it as much as me (I'm a sucker for stories with romance in it), but give it a shot!

Also it seemed like 2 books in one for me. I can't really explain it, but once everything seemed to end perfectly (at least a good ending to make you want a sequel), more things happened. This book ended so amazingly that I don't even know if I want to read the sequel.

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