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A review by shellballenger
A Court of Silver Flames by Sarah J. Maas
5.0
Type of read: Lunch/Weekend Read.
What made me pick it up: I started the ACOTAR series at the end of 2023 and I'm very excited to see what else is in store with the next installment.
Overall rating: I AM NOT OK! 'A Court of Silver Flames' has officially tied for my favorite so far in the series (with ACOWAR). I started this book on a Saturday morning and finished it before supper on Sunday night. That is how absolutely enthralled I was in the story. After I finished the book, I literally sat there just staring at the last page for like fifteen minutes. I want more! There needed to be more! (Yes, I know Maas is working on the next installment, I'm impatient and would like it now.)
The character development of Nesta is absolutely bonkers yet still believable. I think I've said it in some of my reviews of the earlier books, but Cassian is my man, and ACOSF definitely highlighted the Lord of Bloodshed and all of his *ahem* assets. All the fangirling aside, I love a story about strong women finding their path and this is absolutely that. I also enjoyed the new characters that were introduced and how they worked with other current and past characters to continue storylines and world-building. I will add, now finishing what's out of the series, I understand why ACOFAS (#3.5) was allowed to see the light of day, there are tidbits in there that make ACOSF easier to understand and work through. Buuuuuuut, I also feel like after reading, and having my heart literally ripped out multiple times, by books 1, 2, 3, and 4 in the series, I wish Maas would have taken that energy for 3.5 and put it toward something longer and more fleshed out.
It has been an incredibly long time since I've stayed up past midnight reading (which I did with ACOSF) and that alone is my recommendation for this entire series....just remember to drink a lot of wine during 3.5 because that's still a cauldron-induced nightmare.
Reader's Note: ACOTAR includes sexual relationships and themes of war, abuse, torture, and murder. I found ACOSF to be the spiciest in the series (if you've been dreaming of your own Cassian bookmance, here's allllllllllllll the material you need for later) and would say that Maas became much more direct with their descriptions and frequency of spicy scenes.
What made me pick it up: I started the ACOTAR series at the end of 2023 and I'm very excited to see what else is in store with the next installment.
Overall rating: I AM NOT OK! 'A Court of Silver Flames' has officially tied for my favorite so far in the series (with ACOWAR). I started this book on a Saturday morning and finished it before supper on Sunday night. That is how absolutely enthralled I was in the story. After I finished the book, I literally sat there just staring at the last page for like fifteen minutes. I want more! There needed to be more! (Yes, I know Maas is working on the next installment, I'm impatient and would like it now.)
The character development of Nesta is absolutely bonkers yet still believable. I think I've said it in some of my reviews of the earlier books, but Cassian is my man, and ACOSF definitely highlighted the Lord of Bloodshed and all of his *ahem* assets. All the fangirling aside, I love a story about strong women finding their path and this is absolutely that. I also enjoyed the new characters that were introduced and how they worked with other current and past characters to continue storylines and world-building. I will add, now finishing what's out of the series, I understand why ACOFAS (#3.5) was allowed to see the light of day, there are tidbits in there that make ACOSF easier to understand and work through. Buuuuuuut, I also feel like after reading, and having my heart literally ripped out multiple times, by books 1, 2, 3, and 4 in the series, I wish Maas would have taken that energy for 3.5 and put it toward something longer and more fleshed out.
It has been an incredibly long time since I've stayed up past midnight reading (which I did with ACOSF) and that alone is my recommendation for this entire series....just remember to drink a lot of wine during 3.5 because that's still a cauldron-induced nightmare.
Reader's Note: ACOTAR includes sexual relationships and themes of war, abuse, torture, and murder. I found ACOSF to be the spiciest in the series (if you've been dreaming of your own Cassian bookmance, here's allllllllllllll the material you need for later) and would say that Maas became much more direct with their descriptions and frequency of spicy scenes.