3.5 ⭐s
✨Can a deer live with its predator, a lion? but Feyre can live and love her predator.✨
To be honest, I wasn't much interested to start this series as it was under YA. Yet, I wanted to give it a try because ACOTAR is basically everywhere in the bookish world. But, I must confess this Spring Court didn't interest me.
The protagonist, Feyre, was designed to have Katniss Everdeen's bravery, but that was not achieved at all in ACOTAR except the first task. She was curious, and no one could condescend to her.
Her father and sisters were like vultures circling Feyre, who was exhausted and miserable. She had been told stories since childhood that the northerners (immortals) who live in Pyrthian are monsters. To save her family's hunger, she hunted a wolf, which turned out to be a faerie. As an act of atonement, she had to live in Pyrthian, in the immortal world, with a handsome faerie Tamlin. She started living like a queen, which she didn't like as much as being a daring person. During her stay, she heard stories every now and then about the 'you-know-who' antagonist. Everything twisted when she learned the true treaty of Pyrthian.
Sara J. Mass's writing 'All Show, Don't Tell' is a plus. The first half of the books was a slow burn for me; I was completely bored. Then I was intrigued while it revealed the secrets about the treaty.
Anyway, ACOTAR's glamour didn't work on me, but I'm currently reading ACOMAF, which has been intriguing. Though the ACOTAR series had stolen the appearance and characteristics from other novels like Hunger Games, Twilight, Beauty and the Beast, etc., the plot twist was unbelievable. That made it unique, and the division of Pyrthian into courts, it's history and human realm was extraordinary.
Drawbacks
Though the history of Pyrthian was satisfactory, it was not well portrayed in a fascinating way. Pyrthian history should have been portrayed like Feyre exploring it, rather than all told by a single character Alis.
30%–40% of the book is softcore erotica in the name of romance, but still, that's not disgusting or unnecessary.
20–30% are filled with Feyre's agony. Okay. Okay, I get it. Her sisters are like Cindrella's stepsisters.
Amarantha should have been more of a villain than a typical mother-in-law who assigned Feyre tasks or chores to complete.
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There is no one who cares like Tamlin cares for his people and Feyre. That was my first impression until I read ACOMAF.
I stopped rooting for Tamlin when I knew the lies behind the treaty and that he was intentionally in love with Feyre. Tamlin could have surrendered himself to Amarantha instead of sacrificing his people. Isn't that the true power of the supremacy of the high Lord?
Something was off between Tamlin and Feyre after Amarantha captured Tamlin.
Rhysand was portrayed as wicked but good with Feyre, which made it easily noticeable that he was going to be the lead in the sequel. Needless to say, Rhysand genuinely cared for Feyre.
Again, Lucien was wonderful in nature compared to Tamlin, so I do hope he will be in any of the sequels.
" Mother Cauldron, bless me to finish the ACOTAR series by this year. "
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