The first phenomenal novel in Sarah J. Maas's second series, A Court of Thorns and Roses, explodes readers into a thwart world divided between mortals and immortals. In a desolate situation we meet our strong willed main character and are swiftly drawn into a fast paced, action filled, exploration of a magical world beyond the mortal understanding.
From the blurb;
' When nineteen-year-old huntress Feyre kills a wolf in the woods, a beast-like creature arrives to demand retribution. Dragged to a treacherous magical land she only knows about from legends, Feyre discovers that her captor is not truly a beast, but one of the lethal, immortal faeries who once ruled their world.
'As she dwells on his estate, her feelings for the faerie, 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.'
Feyre is a strong character who, after years of desperate survival, is torn away from the life she knows to find herself in a world of luxury, exquisite delights and vibrancy. However, as she delves deeper into this new magical land, and her captor, Tamlin's, place within it dark secrets emerge and it doesn't take long for her to discover that not all that glitters is golden.
While Maas has explored magic and the Fae before in her first series, Throne of Glass, in A Court Of Thorns and Roses the power balance swings strongly to the Fae and magic, while a rich history dances under the surface of this tale, whispering of something greater and unseen.
Focused heavily on the love story - readers should note that this book features sexual references - Maas keeps the pace of this novel through action and a need for survival, as she weaves a complex social web and breathes life into a fantastic cast of characters who swiftly grow a life of their own in the readers mind.
While similarities to her first series are easily drawn, A Court of Thorns and Roses stands out from Maas's other works and is a gripping new adventure for fans to dig their teeth into.
We give A Court of Thorns and Roses Four Stars
ISBN - 978-1526605399
Cover Price - £8.99 First published in June 2020 by Bloomsbury Publishing
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