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Blurb
„Feyre has returned to the Spring Court, determined to gather information on Tamlin’s manoeuvrings 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.
In this thrilling third book in the #1 New York Times bestselling series from Sarah J. Maas, the earth will be painted red as mighty armies grapple for power over the one thing that could destroy them all.“
Source: Goodreads 
First sentence
„The buzzing flies and screaming survivors had long since replaced the beating war drums.“
My opinion
Since I absolutely loved ACOMAF my expectations for this one were pretty high – and let me tell you: they were not disappointed.
Let me start with the basic plot of the book: While I thought that the first few pages were a bit slow, the story developed pretty quickly and things started to unravel. I absolutely love the way Feyre’s character has changed and grown throughout this series and I love how seriously badass she has become.
The storyline was interesting and catchy during the whole book, it was an easy read that I could not put aside. We learned some more details about some very interesting characters, and while there were some rather slow parts, the overall plot was catching, sometimes breath-taking and very well written.
Now about the love story: I must say, what I really loved about this book is that Maas didn’t try to make things difficult between Feyre and Rhys only to construct a more interesting story. Their love is steady and heartwarming throughout the whole book. Nevertheless, the way sexuality and physical love is displayed in this novel seems a bit problematic to me.
First of all: Feyre and Rhys seem to be horny all. the. time. Like, come on, Sarah, that’s not how reality works! Thisth is such an irrealistic picture!
Second of all: The sex scenes are way too intense to still be called „young adult“ in my opinion. I mean, sure, the book has a mature content warning on the back, but still – I know some 13 year old girls reading these books and honestly? I don’t think they should already be exposed to this kind of content.
Some criticism: Don’t get me wrong guys, I really enjoyed this book – a lot. But I can also see why a lot of people would find it problematic.
I’ve already told you my problems with the sexuality, but there’s one more part that I really didn’t agree with.
MIGHT CONTAIN SPOILERS
SO, the love story between Mor and April has slowly developed, slowly building up some heat, some background, and usually all you need to have an epic climax where everything falls into place – or doesn’t.
Still, the way Sarah J. Maas chose to resolve this relationship was not only disappointing, but also slightly unfair to the whole LGBTQ community in my opinion.
When Mor told Feyre that she was lesbian, it felt so wrong, so out of her character, that she would hide such a fact from her loved ones, her family, only because she feared they would look down on her. I mean, this woman has endured so much in her life, but she couldn’t bring herself to tell them this?
It feels like the easy way out of a problem that Maas created herself. Mor could’ve had so many reasons to turn down Az that would fit the story so much better. Taking homosexuality as an escape for a hopeless relationship just feels.. wrong.
Plus: Mor has known that Az loves her for five hundred years and still does not tell him that there is no hope whatsoever. To me, that’s just.. disappointing. Really.
Anyhow: In the end, I really enjoyed this visit to the Night Court, I love all the characters so much and would have wished for a bit more development on all the open love stories, but who knows, maybe more of that will meet us in the next book!
Rating
Overall, a 4,5 star rating for me!
Now tell me – have you read ACOWAR? What did you think?
author: Sarah J. Maas — pages: 699 — paperback edition
The story is original, funny and cute at the same time and all in all it’s just such a light story that you can read wherever you are, without having to think too much about it.
The character range might not be the best I’ve ever seen, nevertheless all of them have their specialties, good and bad sights and give the story a good deal of color and life.
The writing is very easy, understandable and so light! Also, it can go from really romantic to very funny to sad in some seconds, which gave me the whole range of feels without having me dive too deep into the story.
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