Review: A Court of Mist and Fury (ACOTAR #2) by Sarah J. Maas

A Court of Mist and Fury

ACOTAR #2

Author: Sarah J. Maas

Published: First published 3rd May 2016

Publisher: Bloomsbury USA Childrend

Number of pages: 656

Format: Paperback

Source: Bought

Purchase: Amazon, B&N, TBD

From Goodreads:

The seductive and stunning #1 New York Times bestselling sequel to Sarah J. Maas’s spellbinding A Court of Thorns and Roses.

Feyre has undergone more trials than one human woman can carry in her heart. Though she’s now been granted the powers and lifespan of the High Fae, she is haunted by her time Under the Mountain and the terrible deeds she performed to save the lives of Tamlin and his people.

As her marriage to Tamlin approaches, Feyre’s hollowness and nightmares consume her. She finds herself split into two different people: one who upholds her bargain with Rhysand, High Lord of the feared Night Court, and one who lives out her life in the Spring Court with Tamlin. While Feyre navigates a dark web of politics, passion, and dazzling power, a greater evil looms. She might just be the key to stopping it, but only if she can harness her harrowing gifts, heal her fractured soul, and decide how she wishes to shape her future—and the future of a world in turmoil.

Bestselling author Sarah J. Maas’s masterful storytelling brings this second book in her dazzling, sexy, action-packed series to new heights.

My Review

If you want, check out my A Court of Thorns and Roses review here.

So. The time when I would have switched team has come, and I couldn't stop it. I really, really wanted to go against the flow on this one, but inevitably, I fell for Rhysand. And if I look back about how much I loved Tamlin, I can't believe it myself.

*tries to organize her thoughts* ... how difficult it is to write a review about a book you seriously loved? I find them the hardest to put into (coherent) words! Well, if you read my review of the first book in this series, you might remember me talking incessantly about how good it was and about how excited I was of finally finding a series that could steal my heart. A Court of Mist and Fury did not diminish my enthusiasm about this new world and I'm happy to see that up until now, the first two books in this series were equally great, even if for different reasons.

The good thing about having a world divided into courts, each reigning over their own element, is that it gives you several scenarios where to set your story and therefore surprise the reader. I loved the change of scenarios in book #1 and I was anxiously waiting to have a chance to visit more of Prythian and its courts. I may repeat myself, but once again the author's writing abilities did the trick and I enjoyed how fully entertaining this book too was, giving me constant pictures and images about its endless, magical world. We have a better look at the Court of The Night and it was just the best place to spend all my imaginations into, its magical and romantic atmosphere like nothing I could have imagined and a certain protagonist to this chapter.

Just like ACOTAR, A Court of Mist and Fury is a slow-burner, but if in the first book the suspence is occupied by Feyre slowly falling for Tamlin, this time we have a much slower pace to get to the second step of her growth. Maybe, just maybe, I found this slower development a little bit bothersome, especially when I couldn't predict where the story was going. I was initially expecting a little more action from the second installment, especially since the ending of book #1 made us all aware that a lot of things were going to change for Feyre (and you can't even imagine) and I believed we would have had an immediate glimpse at how her life was proceeding. We did, but it was not what I expected at all, and let me say that it was shocking at first. Now looking at the whole story, I actually appreciated the time the author took into describing Feyre's adjustments as it made the character gain more credibility; moreover, this precious time also gave us the possibility to get acquainted to a great number of perfect characters that finally give our Feyre a so wanted family. The introduction of Cassian, Azriel, Mor and Amrel to the scene was an exquisite plus to an already perfect story and once again I have to just underline how incredibly talented the author is in picturing complex, multi-layered characters. They each have their stories, their pasts and everything they lived scarred them for eternity; they are feral, but they are also loyal and tender and I seriously can't wait to discover what lies beyond the beautiful eyes of each and every one of them. But it's not just them that are treated a certain way, what I noticed in the Acotar series is that even the more irrelevant character seems to have a specific background and identity. 

Just a couple of things that slightly annoyed me (I had to find something bad in such a paradise) are Feyre, that sometimes during the book acted super moody and incredibly unfair towards those who most cared for her, and second, the King of Hybern who seemed... ABSOLUTELY HARMLESS. It might have been me, but the few words he spoke in this title sounded just stupid and not at all intimidating as I expected from the antagonist par excellence. 

And if I'm not mentioning THE chemistry and THE steam in this book, is because I always try to write spoiler-free review, but for those of you who already read this... I DIED several times while reading this book and I will probably keep having problems dating for the rest of my life. 

Rated