Continuing the Feyre Archeron's journey, today we'll review the fourth book of the ACOTAR Series: A Court of Frost and Starlight by Sarah J. Maas. Will you accompany me?
**This review contains spoilers**
“Stars flickered around us, sweet darkness sweeping in. As if we were the only souls in a galaxy”
–Sarah J. Maas
What Is It About?
Feyre, Rhysand, and the inner circle are still busy restoring the Night Court and the significantly affected world, healing from the war that changed everything. But the Winter Solstice is just around the corner, and with it, comes the relief of a long-awaited break.
But even the festivities can't keep the past from looming. With her new role as High Lady, Feyre has more to worry about. Now she has to learn where to draw the line, as she cannot always be a friend and a leader at the same time. Everyone has a lot more scars than they want to admit – scars that will have an impact on their future.
My Opinion
/5
I know the popular opinion about this novella is not good; that is pretty boring, bland, and doesn't add anything else to the plot. To some degree, this is true, although it was a nice change of pace. I enjoyed getting to know more about their daily lives in Velaris was (even though they were prepping for the Winter holidays). I think we are used to following characters, where they are in a rush to save the world. But with this novella, everything was too quiet and even.
I believe Sarah J. Maas (SJM) tried to open a line for her next book A Court of Silver Flames (book review coming soon). She changed the point of view (POV) from being just Feyre's to being between all the characters, this made me a bit confused as I had to really focus to identify whose POV it was. I was pleased to see the Inner Circle in their daily lives, and how they were healing their traumas from the war. I felt more connected to them and understood them better, considering the previous books we knew them through Feyre's eyes and opinion. These characters are far from perfect, but that is what I like the most of them, as they have mistakes, traumas, self-doubt; they also have good things, they are brave, supportive, and are a family not of blood but of a much stronger connection.
One of the things I did not like from the books was the whole Tamlin thing. He is this toxic, brute, selfish and arrogant High Lord, that hurt Feyre in more ways than one can possibly think, however, I didn't like that he disappear and became this depressed beast. I would have wanted to see his redemption, I thought that after the War he was going to be better and the Inner Circle would try to forgive him, or at least that SJM would give him something more to do. I do hate Tamlin, and I WON'T forgive him for what he did to Feyre but, I feel like his character took a nosedive and, SJM messed him up. They trampled him when he was at his worst (especially when Rhys went to the Spring Court and added salt to the wound) and, that's not fair, since the Inner Circle has suffered from abuse, so they should think twice before doing the same…
Overall this is a novella with almost no adrenaline and, we just see the characters doing their daily lives. Which for some is not enough, and that's ok, since everybody can have different opinions.
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