A Court Of Wings And Ruin - Sarah J. Maas

Rating : ❤ ❤ ❤ ❤

About The Book:

A nightmare, I’d told Tamlin. I was the nightmare.

Feyre has returned to the Spring Court, determined to gather information on Tamlin’s maneuverings and the invading king threatening to bring Prythian to its knees. But to do so she must play a deadly game of deceit—and one slip may spell doom not only for Feyre, but for her world as well. As war bears down upon them all, Feyre must decide who to trust amongst the dazzling and lethal High Lords—and hunt for allies in unexpected places.


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A Court Of Wings And Ruin oh how I have waited for you but I was extremely nervous to read you. A Court Of Mist And Fury was amazing. Would you be able to live up to it? Would you contain the same magic? Would you leave me awestruck for days unable to read anything new so I could hold onto the feelings you called upon for just a little longer?

I wish I could say yes. That I was left completely astounded. That you contained that unnameable element that elevates a book into something beyond the norm... I'm not saying that you weren't a fantastic book. I will definitely reread you again. The whole A Court Of Thorns And Roses series is one of my favorites. I guess I just expected more.

The potential was there. You had an exciting main plot, a cast of characters I adore and an Author who could write about paint drying and still manage to elicit emotion. But maybe that was the problem? There were too many ingredients for you to be able to wrap them all up perfectly unless you wanted to compete with War And Peace for length.

As much as I love everyone in the night court I feel like you spent too much time with supporting characters. Some who I suspect will feature in forthcoming books were given too much page space in order to pique our interest. Others who had been hyped up in previous books were gone because they were now superfluous. You cannot hype a character up as this formidable being only too be rid of them in a couple of short lines. It makes things feel unfinished.

Mostly I'm just disappointed that you didn't really spend that much time with Rhysand and Feyre. It was their developing relationship that made A Court Of Mist And Fury so special. The two of them together have that page turning quality but in A Court of Wings And Ruin it was kind of missing. This was their last book and even though I'm sure we'll see them in future books it won't be the same.

All in all with how much you had to cover you did the best you could. Yes some parts felt glossed over and incomplete but you were still an engrossing book that I didn't want to put down. My house could have caught fire and I would have commando crawled along the ground still turning your pages. Instead I just waded through a flooded bookstore to purchase you something I wouldn't do for just any book. So even though you weren't everything I hoped you would be I still loved you and will be waiting for 2018 when the next in this world is released.

*Sarah J. Maas if you ever want to write a book that is just Rhys and Feyre at the townhouse I promise to buy it!

Bookworms everywhere know that the to be read pile is a mystical mountain of books that never seems to diminish despite hours spent reading. You would think that would discourage the purchase of more books, but no. If you're anything like me you start getting antsy when your TBR falls into double digits.

Before I Fall by Lauren Oliver is one of those books that has been in my TBR pile for ages buried under all the other books that I need to read. Then I heard it was being made into a movie and... I still didn't read it. I went and saw the movie instead (something I probably shouldn't admit to because it's one of the worst crimes a book lover can commit). However after seeing the movie I knew I needed to read the book to see how they compared.

Samantha Kingston doesn't start off as a likable character, she is the quintessential high school mean girl with all the character flaws you can expect from such a title. It's only thanks to Oliver's writing style that I managed to get through that first day where Sam is in a word obnoxious. Then she "falls" and everything slowly starts changing.

The transformation Sam undergoes really is gradual. She doesn't jump out of bed the next morning and is suddenly a new person. During each of the seven days we experience with Sam she processes what is happening, eventually finding her way back to the person she was before the need to fit in and be popular eclipsed her own identity. And it is through this rediscovery of self she finds her why and what it is in her life she has the power to improve and change before she she falls.

Before I Fall isn't the fastest book and essentially is the same day on repeat with minor changes but that does not mean it is boring. The leisurely pacing is actually what makes this book so good. It's believable. Apart from the premise everything about Before I Fall is firmly grounded in reality. After a third of the book I was firmly sucked in. Experiencing everything that Sam was including more than a few tears because it impossible to stay detached from something that is so plausible (Apart from the duration. I would probably need seven books not seven days but I am stubborn).

Overall Before I Fall is a great book that anyone who loves YA should definitely read. The final few paragraphs were a little bit on the cheesy side, yet considering the direction the book traveled  I don't think it could have been concluded without those moments. Anything less wouldn't have provided a satisfactory ending even if I did have a minor eye roll or two at the time.

* I love movie soundtracks and Before I Fall has a fantastic one! It's definitely worth a listen.

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