Reviewing: A Court of Thorns and Roses

Welcome to book review Tuesday, where each week, we will be reviewing a book from our bookshelves to talk about you, our beautiful listeners, readers and writers. The purpose of this is it promotes books we love and show support for our favourite authors. This section of the blog is also an offshoot of the podcast's section called the bookshelf. So enjoy this review as we dive into:

A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas

Synopsis:

When nineteen-year-old huntress Feyre kills a wolf in the woods, a beast-like creature arrives to demand retribution for it. Dragged to a treacherous magical land she only knows about from legends, Feyre discovers that her captor is not an animal, but Tamlin—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…or doom Tamlin—and his world—forever.

Favourite Character: Lucien

Lucien Vanserra is a High Fae and a close friend of Tamlin. He is officially the youngest son of Beron, the High Lord of the Autumn Court. Due to Amarantha, the citizens of the Spring Court were forced to wear masquerade masks. Lucien wore a copper fox mask. Due to Feyre's trials, the mask was later removed. He has one russet eye, while the other is made of metal of a gold colour. His face is brutally scarred from his brow to his jaw, caused by Amarantha. His hair is red, and his skin is tanned, noticeably darker than his brothers.

Without his mask, his features are described as sharp, elegant, and ethereally handsome despite the length of scars on his face. Lucien is sarcastic and witty, and as Alis says, needs someone to snap back at him. He covers his anguish through a bright, charismatic personality. He deeply cares for people and is shown to be affected by things more on the inside than he lets it show on the outside.

Our Rating: 8/10

The novel was a great first novel for a series. It hooks the reader in right away. However, the reason we only gave it an 8 is because it does follow some of the same troops that novels with female protagonists have.