Sarah J. Maas

When nineteen-year-old huntress Feyre kills a wolf in the woods, a terrifying creature arrives to demand retribution. Dragged to a treacherous magical land she knows about only from legends, Feyre discovers that her captor is not truly a beast, but one of the lethal, immortal faeries who once ruled her world.

At least, he's not a beast all the time.

As she adapts to her new home, her feelings for the faerie, Tamlin, transform from icy hostility into a fiery passion that burns through every lie she's been told about the beautiful, dangerous world of the Fae. But something is not right in the faerie lands. An ancient, wicked shadow is growing, and Feyre must find a way to stop it, or doom Tamlin-and his world-forever.

From bestselling author Sarah J. Maas comes a seductive, breathtaking book that blends romance, adventure, and faerie lore into an unforgettable read.

A Court of Thorns and Roses Book 1

A Court of Thorns and Roses

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I couldn’t describe but could only feel, deep in the marrow of my bones.

Ivory Flores

“I love you,” I said. “No matter what she says about it, no matter if it’s only with my insignificant human heart. Even when they burn my body, I’ll love you.” 

Olivia 

“Everything I love has always had a tendency to be taken from me. I tell very few about the wings. Or the flying.”

“It took me a long while to realise that Rhysand, whether he knew it or not, had effectively kept me from shattering completely.” 

“Be glad of your human heart, Feyre. Pity those who don’t feel anything at all.”

Brandon Liew

When nineteen-year-old huntress Feyre kills a wolf in the woods, a terrifying creature arrives to demand retribution. Dragged to a treacherous magical land she knows about only from legends, Feyre discovers that her captor is not truly a beast, but one of the lethal, immortal faeries who once ruled her world. At least, he’s not a beast all the time. As she adapts to her new home, her feelings for the faerie, Tamlin, transform from icy hostility into a fiery passion that burns through every lie she’s been told about the beautiful, dangerous world of the Fae. But something is not right in the faerie lands. An ancient, wicked shadow is growing, and Feyre must find a way to stop it, or doom Tamlin—and his world—forever. From bestselling author Sarah J. Maas comes a seductive, breathtaking book that blends romance, adventure, and faerie lore into an unforgettable read.

Alex Landau

"He also said that you like being brushed, and if I'm a clever girl, I might train you with treats."

Zeinab

Don't feel bad for one moment about doing what brings you joy. 

Isaac Mudge

“It’s yours. Don’t bury it in my back, please.” -Lucien

Dragged to a treacherous magical land she only knows about from stories, Feyre discovers that her captor is not an animal, but Tamlin, a High Lord of the faeries. As her feelings toward him transform from hostility to a firey passion, the threats against the faerie lands grow. Feyre must fight to break an ancient curse, or she will lose Tamlin forever"-- Provided by publisher.

Levi-Mae 

Rhysand stared at me for a long enough that I faced him. “Be glad of your human heart, Feyre. Pity those who don’t feel anything at all.’ 

‘A High Lord who loved to fly—trapped under a mountain. Shadows not of his own making still haunted those violet eyes. I wondered if they would ever fade.’

He shrugged. “Everything I love has always had the tendency to be taken from me. I tell very few about the wings. Or the flying.”

“Because,” he went on, his eyes locked with mine, “I didn’t want you to fight alone. Or die alone.” 

“What do you want?” It didn’t come out with the snap I’d intended. Not as I remembered how he’d fought, again and again, to attack Amarantha, to save me. 

“Just to say good-bye.” A warm breeze ruffled his hair, brushing tendrils of darkness off his shoulders. “Before your beloved whisks you away for forever.” 

“Not forever,” I said, wriggling my tattooed fingers for him to see. “Don’t you get a week every month?” Those words, thankfully, came out frosty. 

Rhys smiled slightly, his wings rustling and then settling. “How could I forget?” 

‘His eyes met mine. The bond between us went taut. I flashed between my body and his, seeing myself through his eyes, bleeding and broken and sobbing.’

‘Rhysand yelled my name again—yelled it as though he cared.’

“When you healed my arm . . . you didn’t need to bargain with me. You could have demanded every single week of the year.” My brows knit together as he turned, already half-consumed by the dark. “Every single week, and I would have said yes.” It wasn’t entirely a question, but I needed the answer. 

A half smile appeared on his sensuous lips. “I know,” he said, and vanished.

‘It took me a long while to realise that Rhysand, whether he knew it or not, had effectively kept me from shattering completely.’

‘His eyes met with mine, and he smiled slowly.’

‘I looked up to find the grate not four feet from my head. Through it, I found a star-flecked violet gaze.’ 

“The dress itself won’t mar it, and neither will your movements,” he said, his face close to mine. His teeth were far too near to my throat. “And I’ll remember precisely where 

 hands have been. But if anyone else touches you—let’s say a certain High Lord who enjoys springtime—I’ll know.” He flicked my nose. “And, Feyre,” he added, his voice a caressing murmur, “I don’t like my belongings tampered with.” 

“Is this necessary?” I said, gesturing to the paint and clothing. 

“Of course,” he said coolly. “How else would I know if anyone touches you?” 

They grabbed for me, but he bared his teeth in a smile that was anything but friendly—and they halted. “No more household chores, no more tasks,” he said, his voice an erotic caress. Their yellow eyes went glazed and dull, their sharp teeth gleaming as their mouths slackened. “Tell the others, too. Stay out of her cell, and don’t touch her. If you do, you’re to take your own daggers and gut yourselves. Understood?”

‘She had looked at that cottage with hope; I had looked at it with nothing but hatred. And I knew which one of us had been stronger.’

Ellie M.

** spoiler alert **
           I'm part of the minority that disliked this book so much. IT WAS BORING. Things were moving so slow. Half the time I wanted to throw the book because there was no ounce of chemistry between Feyre and Tamlin. He was just annoying the entire time. Some of the dialogue was cringeworthy, and some parts were unecessary.

Gabriella Mustica

I was hooked from the moment I picked up this book! I immediately purchased all of the books in the series and devoured them one by one

Entertaining, drawn out, complex, simple, interconnected, puzzling. I enjoyed this book. I was captivated by the riddles and past relationship drama. I am not a fan of action. 

Robin Collura

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Leyla Gulsen

This was my first book away from the typical Young Adult Romantic Fiction books I grew up reading, and I am so glad I’m growing my interests.

The way this book is written made me feel like I was watching a movie. My heart was beating fast during thriller moments, and I cried when the FMC cried. 

The world building in this book is insane; it makes you feel like you are really there. Though it took almost half the book to introduce everything, it was so worth it! The second half of the book was constantly a page turner, and I never wanted to put this book down. It took me 4 days to finish this book, but the second half of it was finished in just one day, today. 

What I loved about this book is that nothing was predictable and my emotions were always up and down, and I never had any idea what would happen next. 

Truly a great book, and I am super thankful for it pulling me in to enter the Fantasy genre!

Just. Wow. My wife convinced me to read this and I was blown away! Story telling and world building are incredible.

Rodney Crawford

Fenix Voliton 

Lose yourself in a land of legends, a fae world so sumptuous that you may never return home . The tantalising start to a seductive high-fantasy trilogy from the New York Times bestselling author of the Throne of Glass series, Sarah J. Maas. Fans of Laini Taylor and George R.R. Martin will find it irresistible

Susan

Nesta entitled prick.

Rhysand forced himself on Feyre.

Amarantha death good.

Tamlin kick ass, yess.

finally got around to this and ate it UP!! i’m not a big fantasy reader but this was easy to follow and addicting.. also Tamlin is on my mind 24/7 i cannot be stopped sorry.

Macy

first 70/80% of the book stretched without a reason, boring and without a plot. the rest? kinda okay. for me - the same thing as with cruel prince - weak plot with logic holes but the potential between feyre and rhys made it interesting.

karo

(no spoilers yet) I really like this book for the concepts. It didn’t really make sense all of the time but it starts to about half way through. A lot of the terms also just icked me out or made me go “oh okay” because they were just weird and could’ve been said in a different way for sure. 

It didn’t make sense to me why she was being “punish” for this murder but, her punishment was to live in lavish and do whatever she wants?? Of course the further i read the more it made sense with the curse and conditions and the grip Amarantha had on them. It just didn’t make sense until we were knew what was actually happening. Also the fact that she just dies and then plot armor kicks in and she’s a high fae, pleaseeee. Rhys was also very smart in this book and even helpful so i’m hoping he becomes an ally. 

Lui Haines

(no spoilers yet) I really like this book for the concepts. It didn’t really make sense all of the time but it starts to about half way through. A lot of the terms also just icked me out or made me go “oh okay” because they were just weird and could’ve been said in a different way for sure. 

(spoilers below) 

It didn’t make sense to me why she was being “punish” for this murder but, her punishment was to live in lavish and do whatever she wants?? Of course the further i read the more it made sense with the curse and conditions and the grip Amarantha had on them. It just didn’t make sense until we were knew what was actually happening. Also the fact that she just dies and then plot armor kicks in and she’s a high fae, pleaseeee. Rhys was also very smart in this book and even helpful so i’m hoping he becomes an ally. 

this book kind of reminds me of a bad real housewives season. like the ones where the main cast is pretty annoying, except for like 2 people who don't get enough screen time, and there is no drama until like the last 2 episodes.  

this book was really dull for me up until like the last 100 pages. mass does a good job describing the world but tamlin and the spring court just sound boring af to me, sorry. feyre is literally the DUMBEST character i have had to read about in so long. like this girl is so dumb. she never listens and has a death wish, while also not wanting to die? i myself am pretty stupid when it comes to riddles but i instantly knew what the answer to this riddle was and ferye is like in a cage for months and is just like "man idk what it is". its like girl, peoples lives are on the line, please think for half a second. 

rhys and lucien thank god are in this book, i enjoyed them a lot.  great and interesting characters. and like lowkey i also liked amarantha, like she was an interesting villain. but maybe she was just interesting because feyre tilted me so much by the end of the book any other character was interesting. 

the plot also annoyed me in some parts, but i will hold off judgment until i finish the series, in case things are like setting up future plots. 

but also like a bad housewives season, i still did enjoy my time, i will tune in for book 2. but unless feyre decides to use her brain im probably still gonna be a hater. 

alice l

this book kind of reminds me of a bad real housewives season. like the ones where the main cast is pretty annoying, except for like 2 people who don't get enough screen time, and there is no drama until like the last 2 episodes.  

this book was really dull for me up until like the last 100 pages. mass does a good job describing the world but tamlin and the spring court just sound boring af to me, sorry. feyre is literally the DUMBEST character i have had to read about in so long. like this girl is so dumb. she never listens and has a death wish, while also not wanting to die? i myself am pretty stupid when it comes to riddles but i instantly knew what the answer to this riddle was and ferye is like in a cage for months and is just like "man idk what it is". its like girl, peoples lives are on the line, please think for half a second. 

rhys and lucien thank god are in this book, i enjoyed them a lot.  great and interesting characters. and like lowkey i also liked amarantha, like she was an interesting villain. but maybe she was just interesting because feyre tilted me so much by the end of the book any other character was interesting. 

the plot also annoyed me in some parts, but i will hold off judgment until i finish the series, in case things are like setting up future plots. 

but also like a bad housewives season, i still did enjoy my time, i will tune in for book 2. but unless feyre decides to use her brain im probably still gonna be a hater. 

Juliana Walsh

I recently read “A Court of Thorns and Roses” by Sarah J. Maas. It was my first attempt to get back into reading since middle school. I really liked this book, and loved being able to escape the stress of law school by delving into a fantasy novel. The author does a really great job of building the world, which drew me in. However, the middle third of this book went very slow. It had a captivating introduction and a wild ending, but I struggled a bit to get through the middle. Overall, I don’t know if this book exactly lived up to the hype it was given online, but I thoroughly enjoyed it and am now reading the second book in the series.

i was dragging through this book until the last 200 pages. tampon was doing nothing for me… like he’s nice i guess but what a snooze fest. there’s no way rhys isn’t endgame bc that man has chemistry with a wall. if the rest of the series is like that last part, then i’ll def love this series

Julie Palacio

this book satisfied my inner child that LOVED fanfic

Ellie Younger

So pleasantly shocked by how much I enjoyed this. The world building was a bit more than I would normally be comfortable with, but it was fast paced and kept me wanting to read more. It’s so much fun to get away from the norm and venture somewhere new. Excited to keep reading the series. 

Bella Baxter

The FOMO got me again, y'all. Sigh. One day I'll learn. 

Pros:
The first ~30% is written SO well. The imagery, the prose, it's absolutely great. For that alone, I was looking like 5 stars. So you can imagine my disappointment when the cringe ramped up. I wonder if the dip in quality is from earlier drafts that she hadn't or had very lightly revised?

Now let's move onto what really matters: JUSTICE FOR AMARANTHA.

What happened to the girlies with SUBSTANCE, the girlies a man had to work HARD to get? The Hermione Grangers that thirsted for KNOWLEDGE? This FMC is plainer than a blank page and just as cringy. Like she literally carries herself like she's everybody's hero, but don't think of her like that because:
1. She's the sole breadwinner of her family and they would have starved if it wasn't for her, so bow down, bitches!
2. She's not pretty (but oh did the men lose their minds over her).
3. Her sisters hate her (With good reason, NESTA is that girl, I said what I said. Elain's a sweet summer child, and that's pretty much it).
4. Her father neglects her, I guess. Never mind the severe PTSD, that's irrelevant.
5. She has nightmares, have pity
6. She loves Picasso.
7. She's a bAdAsS. Soooo brave.

Yadda yadda yadda and so on.

No, what she is a girl who makes every terrible decision possible when people tell her not to (which SJM clearly wrote in for the sake of plot), and becomes an absolute Karen when she's angry and deflects responsibility. "Oh, you're mad at me? You shouldn't have told me not to do it!" Again, had she destroyed something beautiful that had meant something to MY family, I would have strung her ass up and fed her to the Bogge. 

A 19 y/o and a 500 y/o hooking up is not the cute love story it's marketed to be lmao. Are we sure this is what kicked off Romantasy? Because I didn't see the romance or even the attraction. Don't get me started on homegirl's homecoming dress and the whole "no man is allowed to touch you and if they do, I'll know, so here's some body paint", which was taken straight out of the first minute of The Mummy (1999), and lemme tell you, Imhotep and Anck-su-namun had more romance and sensuality and chemistry packed into 1 minute than whatever the fuck this story attempted to sell as "romance" for the entire book. Sure there was like, a paragraph of "smut" but where is the INTIMACY?

One must ask: is there anything that Miss Feyre can do? I mean, without somebody else sticking their neck out for her? Because it's so convenient that everyone else is basically doing everything for her. What's badass about that? I can see why Miss Sorrengail made people lose their minds. They're the same person, except Violet can read LMFAOOOOOO. I just feel nothing for either of them. Am I supposed to feel sorry for them? I don't! Please help me understand exactly what it is that y'all are seeing in these characters, because I don't see anything at all.

Now for MY controversial opinion, which is spicier than this book: 

Amarantha is not the villain. SHE'S NOT!!! In fact, where's her origin story? I want to read THAT book. Why are we giving villains so much complexity, only for them to be conveniently and unbelievably defeated by a very shallow protagonist (which is honestly just a thinly veiled deus ex machina), who hasn't really shown us that she could possibly overcome their biggest challenge?

This entire ending was ridiculous. That riddle was EASY. And I don't even do riddles like that! Honestly, there was a better answer , but EYE didn't write this book.

One more thing: SJM, not you humiliating the only brown-skinned faerie mentioned in the book that way, YIKES. Worst part is that I saw it coming as soon as I read the words "brown-skinned". Sigh. Just keep it monochromatic if you're going to do that.

HOO damn. 2.5 stars. Excuse me while I go cackle some more.

maitha mana

This book undid years of therapy and progress for me because of how bad it sucked, never trusting tiktok recommendations again. This is literally a bootlegged knockoff of Beauty and the Beast; I could barely read a page before cringing and shutting the book. I won't even donate this book to charity, it would make orphans cry. Best thing I could do is recycle it and hope that its' next form in life is to be made into a decent book. خرا عليكم بس.

Selin Igten

25/10/23 Yeah this is definitely
not 5 stars but it’s okay
forgot how much i hate tamlin like damn bitch🥴

I only recently discovered that I very much like reading fantasy books so that’s my excuse for having waited so long to start this series. I love it so much and I can’t wait to get started on the second book in this series.

Feyre had me yelling at her a few times with her 19 year old actions. Why won’t you just listen?! Teens, amirite? 😂 Her character development throughout the book was pretty steady. Nesta’s was surprising in the best way possible while there is still much to explore there and I hope we get more of her in book two. Elain was kinda bland but it really wasn’t about the sisters. I just enjoyed reading a little about each of Feyre’s family members.  

The creatures in this book were absolutely terrifying! 😱 The Bogge, the naga and the attor… stuff of nightmares. 😱☠️ Even the Suriel felt a little bone chilling. 

I was hesitant to read a book about faeries but honestly the level of detail and creative depth was jaw dropping. I think I’m in love with Lucien. 😂 His character growth was more prominent in this book. Tamlin and Rhysand seem to be crowd favorites but in this book I didn’t feel as connected to them as I did with Lucien and let me tell you, his brothers are chumps. 

I’m about to kick off book two now and so help me if Feyre ends up falling in love with Rhysand and a love triangle is created. 🤦‍♀️ I hate love triangles. 🙄

Christa Bell

I only recently discovered that I very much like reading fantasy books so that’s my excuse for having waited so long to start this series. I love it so much and I can’t wait to get started on the second book in this series.

Feyre had me yelling at her a few times with her 19 year old actions. Why won’t you just listen?! Teens, amirite? 😂 Her character development throughout the book was pretty steady. Nesta’s was surprising in the best way possible while there is still much to explore there and I hope we get more of her in book two. Elain was kinda bland but it really wasn’t about the sisters. I just enjoyed reading a little about each of Feyre’s family members.  

The creatures in this book were absolutely terrifying! 😱 The Bogge, the naga and the attor… stuff of nightmares. 😱☠️ Even the Suriel felt a little bone chilling. 

I was hesitant to read a book about faeries but honestly the level of detail and creative depth was jaw dropping. I think I’m in love with Lucien. 😂 His character growth was more prominent in this book. Tamlin and Rhysand seem to be crowd favorites but in this book I didn’t feel as connected to them as I did with Lucien and let me tell you, his brothers are chumps. 

I’m about to kick off book two now and so help me if Feyre ends up falling in love with Rhysand and a love triangle is created. 🤦‍♀️ I hate love triangles. 🙄

Danny

I decided to read this after an insane amount of mixed reviews, and I had to decide for myself whether I would be a hater or a lover. And I am happily surprised that I actually rather enjoyed it, I could definitely do without Tampon though I did love the more feral scene and the tension before they actually decide to get together. It's not the most amazing piece of literature but I couldn't put it down!

Madison Altares

First time rereading this book

9 years later and still a 5/5

Liźa 

Madelyne a⟢

** spoiler alert **
           An illiterate mortal who has to solve a riddle to break a curse in the name of love. 

The first half of the book was very beauty and the beast coded but the pacing was awfully slow. Feyre was both brave and dumb—contradicting her thoughts and actions for the most part. I don’t hate Tamlin, but I don’t love him either. I did like Rhysand as he was morally grey and complex; which made him a more compelling character. The antagonist was childish and annoying and ridiculously contrived with the rules, so oddly specific, but the ending was unnecessarily cheesy I literally had to pause lol. I didn’t really have any expectations starting this book but I get why people love it.

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