Review: A Court of Wings and Ruin

A Court of Wings and Ruin by Sarah J. Maas
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Thoughts before reading this book: (1) this book cover is so green wtf (2) this books gonna fuck me up
Thoughts after reading this book: (1) this book is still so green it's distracting (2) this book fucked me up

A Court of Wings and Ruin is the third book in the A Court of Thorns and Roses series, and it was probably one of my favorites in the series. I still think is my favorite because it was so mystical and new, and this one was more brutal, but I still loved this to death and is my second favorite now.

THIS REVIEW IS NOT SPOILER-FREE. LEAVE NOW IF YOU HAVEN'T READ THIS (but let's be honest I think everyone's read this by now. it's all over my home page)

When I finished this book, I was just lying in my chair staring at the wall for a good half an hour, not knowing how to process all of my emotions. I WAS FEELING A LOT OF THINGS. I read the last 100 pages in one sitting and oh man did that break me. I never come close to crying when reading books, but this had me tearing up.

Just warning you now that there are going to be spoilers from here on. Just in case you decided to read on and ignore my previous warning.

Every scene with Rhysand towards the end broke my heart. He's definitely one of my favorite fictional characters of all time now, and he's been through SO MUCh, aND HE WAS WILLING TO GIVE HIMSELF UP FOR PRYTHIAN AND I SORT OF GUESSED THAT HE WAS GOING TO GIVE HIMSELF UP BUT OH MY GOD I WAS A PUDDLE OF SADNESS DURING THAT ONE SCENE (YALL KNOW THE SCENE).

I grew to love the Court of Dreams bunch even more through this book. More storylines were explained, and the character development was so real with some characters (Mor and Nesta).

I also found out I absolutely 100% love and support Nesta. Her pissed off stage at the beginning was actually one of my favorite parts of her, just because she was so different than the nice Night Court happy friends we were getting used to.

There's so much more to talk about, but so little time (and such bad memory, tbh. I don't want like one sentence reviews on scenes).

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