I devoured this book in two days. The writting hooked me up and the story left me longing for more. Yes, it's another "beauty and the beast" retelling but this one has faes with wings in it, also a lot of humor and just the right amount of steamy scenes.
Not for everyone but if you like romantic and thrilling stories, you will like this one.

Fair Warning: A COURT OF THORNS AND ROSES is a BOOK KILLER. It will give readers a huge book hangover and leave the next book read--whatever it may be--with a dull, lackluster finish. It's that good. I literally held the book and hugged it for a couple of minutes after finishing--and I never cuddle my books.

The best part, though? NO CLIFFHANGER!!!

Even though this is the first in a series, it reads as a stand-alone and readers are left with warm fuzzies upon finishing. The story is complete, but Feyre's story has only just begun. THINGS HAPPEN TO HER, and those things change her life so completely that WE NEED MORE.

I was so afraid to read A COURT OF THORNS AND ROSES. When I first read THRONE OF GLASS, I'll admit it: I was a little disappointed. I'd wanted to read it for so long, and I'd been promised a story of Cinderella with assassins. There was, however, very little fairy tale present in the text (I've since come to love the series for being an amazing high fantasy adventure). I'm so in love with Beauty and the Beast, and I was so happy that A COURT OF THORNS AND ROSES was based on the tale's lore. But how much?

Let's just say...

A COURT OF THORNS AND ROSES is now one of my all-time favorite retellings of Beauty and the Beast. ALL-TIME. It is amazing and wondrous and so completely new and different. It holds up against my other all-time favorite retelling of the tale HEART'S BLOOD by Juliet Marillier remarkably well.

Feyre is no beauty. Her father never stole a rose. But the way she winds up a captive of a High Fae named Tamlin in the land of Prythian is so unique and works so well. The curse has new twists and turns, and the climax is dazzling and intense, impossible to put down. I also really loved the way "Beauty" wasn't in love with books. (In fact, she can barely read!) Instead, she has a deep love of painting and color. I love this fresh take, and also the way Maas writes through an artist's eyes, allowing me to see things differently. The way Feyre loves color reminds me of the way Celaena from the Throne of Glass series loves fine clothing; it's a writer's quirk that helps define Mass' signature writing style.

Maas also has a beautiful way with words. She makes me wish there were truly such things as ponds made with starlight and waterfalls brimming with rainbow beams. She makes you swoon and sigh, hold your breath in wonder and amazement, turn pages in terror and dread. With each new book, her writing prowess grows, and I'm so glad I've been following her journey since the very beginning.

AND THE ROMANCE!

Let's stop and talk about the ROMANCE. Talk about a slow burn. It has everything I love about the Beauty and the Beast tale (without the Stockholm Syndrome, really, since she's never truly a prisoner). Unlike with Maas' Throne of Glass series where readers are on pins and needles, where there are potential triangles and quadrangles, the romance in A COURT OF THORNS AND ROSES is pure and true.


There aren't enough words to convey just how much I love this book.

Just know that it is fantastic and you will want to be buying this one.

IT'S A KEEPER!!!

The forest is very cold. The edge of the forest is being watched . Feyre ventured further from home than usual out of hunger. Feyre is gangly and has siblings to help feed. There is little food or money after father's injuries. I like the name Feyre.they feast on roasted venison. They use to be slaves to high faes. Faes are still around and cause trouble to the people. Isaac is feyres lover but soon he will be married. Feyre is in trouble. Feyre must travel and leave her family behind. I liked feyre and felt for her.♥️

This book is so good. A great YA fantasy book about a human, teenage girl getting traded into a Fae land because she killed a wolf. Great action, romance and loved the characters! Definitely some graphic scenes so more for older teenagers and adults. Maas has very vivid details so that you feel like you are in the Fae lands of Prythian. This is an amazing series and I love the new cover art for the series.

This book series just isn't for me. I know it is very popular, but there is just too much here that squicks me out. I also don't care for the re-design.

It was interesting but I almost felt like it should have been 2 books instead of 1, like the struggle with Amarantha should have been drawn out. At the same time, Rhysand should have been introduced sooner if he's the main romance of the series. By the same coin, too much time was given to Tamlin. The Beauty and the Beast parallels were wasted on him. Lucien shows promise though and I was delighted by Nesta's evolution. I liked the flaws Feyre was allowed to have and how they were exasperated by her humanity and because of that, I'm interested to see how this evolves or manifests in the future now that she is HIgh Fae now. I want her to still be imperfect and flawed and not just have all of her limitations shoved aside. I'm not sure this book was worth the hype but I did have a decent time reading it.

An epic fantasy readers will enjoy this new series. It is gorgeously written tale due to author's trademark blend of action, sexy and romantically nuanced interpersonal dynamics, and witty banter.
The story starts off with a ‘Beauty and The Beast’ vibe and a super mysterious plot. Gradually we discover more and more about the Faerie world and the creatures who inhabit it. A Court of Thorns and Roses invites the reader to question a great deal of what we read on the page, playing with the idea of what is truth, making the story more unpredictable and more magical.
Feyre, our heroine, initially came across as a self-righteous, capable but rash.
Over the course of her captivity, Feyre soon learns that life in the Fae realm can be as much of an opportunity as a punishment.
Sarah J Maas truly plays with your heartstrings and your feelings
Feyre discovers that her captor is not an animal, but one of the lethal, immortal faeries who once ruled their world.
As she dwells on his estate, her feelings for Tamlin transform from icy hostility into a fiery passion that burns through every lie and warning she's been told about the beautiful, dangerous world of the Fae. But an ancient, wicked shadow over the faerie lands is growing, and Feyre must find a way to stop it.

To this day, I don't get the hype around this book. It's mediocre at best. True, I love the fae elements, and the trials at the end were interesting, but as a whole, it just doesn't live up to its reputation at all. I don't think I need to reiterate the plot; it's well-known enough already.

A few things I truly don't love about this book:
- rapey love interests
- a classic nOt LiKe oThEr gIrLs protagonist, who is constantly whiny and annoying
- very bland writing, with a tendency to repeat certain words a lot
- most male characters exclusively speak in animalistic ways--purred, growled, etc.
- the premise isn't that original?
- so much sex. Like so so so much. I'm fine with sex scenes if they advance plot or character development, but in here, they just don't. Plus, the writing on those scenes is pretty cringe-inducing.

As someone who has read the whole series, I can say the next two books are better--still nothing special, but good--but this one is a lackluster series opener at best.

A Court of Thorns and Roses in the first book in an epic series that centers around Feyre. After accidentally killing a fae warrior she is taken to a strange land and must learn how to survive. I absolutely loved this book and cannot wait until I can continue on to the second one.

I feel there are two types of Mass fans, those who adore ToG and those who worship ACOTAR. I find myself leaning more towards ToG. But don’t get me wrong, I still enjoyed the hell out of this one. I think for me the characters aren’t as strong as I know she’s capable of writing, however, as I have finished the series, I have to say it gets so much better and is absolutely worth diving into.

Thanks to NetGalley and Bloomsbury for giving me the opportunity to read the new edition of A Court of Thorns and Roses in exchange for an honest review.

There are tales of faeries in the woods disguised as great beasts and when Feyre kills a wolf she's met with a beast that demands her life for the murder of his kind. To keep her family safe she goes with him across the wall to dividing the humans from the Fae.

Half guest and half captive to the Fae that changed her life, Tamlin, Feyre quickly learns that not everything she has been told about the Fae is true and that their world is much more dangerous than she could have imagined. '

A Court of Thorns and Roses will always be one of my favorite books because it helped reignite my love of reading. The world of Prythian is ancient but also a bit modern, Feyre does feel like a very modern protagonist and at times she can be kind of difficult to relate to. I wasn't the biggest fan in my first read, but on my second after the whole scene is put before me I loved Feyre and all the characters.

At times the pacing seems a little slow, but it's just building this new world brick by brick until it threatens to let it crumble to the ground. The intensity builds with each chapter and I was hooked really early on. I couldn't put the book down, I actually read the entire series over a weekend.

The new covers are stunning and I really like that the series is now in the adult section where I think it really belonged in the first place. It was more accessible, even though a little too steamy for the age range when it was in young adult but here I think it will find it's niche.

The first book I ever read from this author and it was a very promising beginning. I definitely struggle with YA, but wanted to see what all the fuss was about a few years ago so I read it and quickly devoured it. In fact, I read it two times (the second reading in preparation for the third installment to be released) and I liked it even better the second time.

It is so creative and the world building really had me in awe of the author's imagination and execution of this idea. There was definitely some drama, but that is to be expected for YA. This is just shy of my favorite YA fantasy book of all time, but it is a very strong beginning. I plan to re-read it for a third time some day. That should indicate to you that there is something real here and it is not just hype.

Thanks to Netgalley for the opportunity to review a new edition of this series.

I’m just going to be real, the first time I read this book, I DNF 3 times and it took me a year before I finally finished it. 😐 It was just so bloody boring at first. I’m so thankful that I pushed through and finished because it’s now one of my favorite series ever; but I really hated the beginning at first.
Let’s talk characters; because honestly that’s why we read this series. 😅
I love Lucien. He’s such a snarky and sarcastic little shit.
Feyre was not my favorite at first. She annoyed me but as she grew throughout her time in Prythian; she grew on me as well.
Tamlin. Ugh. I can not stand Tamlin. Just from his actions in the first book, I wanted to throttle him. He’s such a pompous jerk. He is so controlling and aggressive. I felt so bad for Lucien. Tamlin treats him like shit.
Alis is so fun. I just loved everything about her.
Rhysand made me want to simultaneously punch him in the mouth and jump his bones. 😅 He’s such an ass but you can tell he’s not being an ass because he enjoys it. I know a lot of people really dislike the way he treated Feyre Under the Mountain; but I felt like he did that for her. She was so close to breaking until he started getting her drunk enough to forget everything. Obviously, that’s not healthy but WTF else could he have done at that point?

The world-building is phenomenal. Honestly, that’s all I have on that. It is PHENOMENAL.

Basically, after my initial resistance of ACOTAR, I fell in love with it. I will read and re-read it many times over for the rest of my exsistance.

Obviously, by reading this book before, I knew what was going to happen and I also knew the plot later down the road because I have read the books after this one. This is my second time reading this book and while I still love it, my opinions have drastically changed. I was actually surprised at how much they changed.
My opinion of Tamlin changed drastically. Yes, some of it may have to do with what he does in future books but, rereading it, I noticed some things I didn't before. For one thing, he did show signs of being abusive behavior towards Feyre. The scene where he corners her in the hallway after Calanmai in particular. Feyre tells Tamlin to let go of her yet he refuses after she repeatedly tells him to do so. He then bites her against her will. When questioned about it the next morning by Lucien, he says that it is Feyre's fault for disobeying his orders. EXCUSE ME?! I am not even going to get started at how wrong that is. He assaulted her and has the nerve to blame her for it?! That is only one example of his abusive traits. Looking back, I have no idea how blind I was to his abusive behavior when I was first reading it.
One thing that shocked me was that my opinion of Lucien changed. When I read the book the first time, I really liked his character and gave him nothing but praise. I understand he had a really tough life and lost the girl he loved, but he was horrible to Feyre in this book. He flat out admits that he hesitated to save her when she screamed for help when fighting the naga. If Tamlin had not been there, Lucien would have let Feyre die. After rereading this book, I realize that I strongly dislike Lucien as a character now.
On the positive side, I did notice a ton of things that are later a big deal as the books go on. Sarah really did plant a lot of seeds that grow into major plot points later on in the series. I really enjoyed finding little things that I overlooked the first time reading it.
While I still love this series, I feel like I can appreciate it a lot more now because of my change in emotions. I never thought it was possible for my opinion to change that much in a book. If I am being totally honest, this didn't even feel like the same book while rereading it. I think that really speaks to how gifted Sarah is that she was able to do that.

This is a well written, intersting book about a girl thrown into the fae world. While the first few chapters started off slow, but I quickly got hooked on the story and characters. The characters were well written, the world building was excelent, and the ending makes you want to want to instantly pick up the next book.

Ultimately I really loved this book. I love fairytale retellings and this was such a great beauty and the beast story. My only issue is that I feel all the more exciting events were crammed into the last quarter of the book. It starts strong, but bulk of the middle feels mostly like filler. Tamlin is a bit of a Boy Scout of a hero, it gets difficult to see what the heroine really sees in him. But anyway, the story really moved in the later half. Some elements were a bit predictable and not very original, it was easy to pick things out that were taken out of other fairytales. Example: picking the lentils in the fireplace....
But all in all, this was entertaining and I can’t wait to continue the series!

I held off reading this until multiple books were published because I knew my life would revolve around it once I started it. I was right. This book was another masterful tale of love and duty and strength and it amazed me with twists around every corner. While Rhys was rude, he reminded me a lot of Finnick, and Finnick is my ride-or-die, so I kept reading until I was finished and I have no more words. You need this book in your hands.

Beautifully done cover with a dazzling tale though the pace of the narrative ruins a lot as the snail's pace of the flow of events does not entice the non-fantasy lover for long. The number of chapters are a lot to take in and the first book itself can be made into two books. The nuances of description holds the reader's attention and it can be said that the book has been marketed really really well. I've been seeing this book on bookstagram and elsewhere and everyone's been talking about it. So clearly great marketing but rather slow, tediously unfolding plot and intense narration. Mixed emotions about this book.

Today started with a storm and the pups and I were stuck inside all day. But I made bulletproof coffee and we cuddled and this was exactly the sort of quiet and dark story I was looking for.

This starts as a Beauty & The Beast retelling, dressed up beautifully in faery lore.

Feyre is the reliable and responsible younger sister, trying to care for her father and two older sisters, who have had a hard time adapting to their loss of wealth. She's become a hunter out of necessity and goes out into the dangerous woods to find food and supplies for her family.

Why are the woods dangerous you ask? Because they lead to faery. After an encounter with a fae in wolf's clothing, literally, Feyra gets taken away by the High Lord of the Spring Court.

Tamlin, said High Lord, turns out to be in quite a bind. He, and his Court, were cursed with permanent masks until a human woman who hated faeries fell in love with Tamlin.

This book has an exceptional way of grabbing me by all the feels and pulling every single heart string!

Like many, this book was my first by Sarah J Maas, and will not be my last. It starts the romantic fantasy adventure of our lifetime.

When Feyres family is starving in winter, she heads out to the woods to hunt. her hunger and need for survival get the best of her when she accidentally shoots a fae wolf in order to bring her family home some dinner. Per the fae and human laws and treaties, Feyre must now be dragged into a magical and vicious world and live her life out in the spring court.

A slight retelling of beauty and the beast that will stay with you for years to come.