A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas

Amy   

fantasy, action-suspense, young adult, romance

A Court of Thorns and Roses tells the story of how a human teenager named Feyre kills a faery in her hunting efforts to keep her family fed.  In retribution for taking that life, Feyre must go across the wall to live the rest of her days in the faerie lands with Tamlin the beast and she, eventually, changes her opinions of the faeries.  She then finds herself having to save them all.

Lynnie started this book but decided not to finish it.  This novel was frustrating at times. The pacing was awkward. The story never seemed to suck me in and wasn’t believable. Sarah J. Maas forced us to read through long-winded, repetitive, circular thinking by Feyre. It started out so reminiscent of another book I recently read called Red Queen by Victoria Aveyard which had started out so reminiscent of The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins. Thankfully, it did veer into its own story. Oh, but, it wasn’t really its own story. It was a retelling of Beauty and the Beast.

Thankfully, I do like the story of Beauty and the Beast or I probably wouldn’t have finished the novel. But the truth is that, as far as fairy tale retellings go, Marissa Meyer’s The Lunar Chronicles series is far superior to this attempt. So, I doubt I’ll continue with this series.