A COURT OF THORNS AND ROSES By Sarah J. Maas

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A COURT OF THORNS AND ROSES By Sarah J. MaasA Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas
Series: A Court of Thorns and Roses #1
Published by Bloomsbury Publishing on 5/5/15
Genres: Fantasy & Magic, New Adult, Retellings, Romance, Young Adult
Pages: 432
Format: Ebook
Source: Reviewer Purchase
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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.

Short and Sweet Review

Feyre is a huntress and she’s the main provider for her family so when she goes out to the woods one day and shots a wolf the last thing she is expecting is another beast to come on her doorstep demanding retribution for what she’s done. The wolf that Feyre killed was actually a faerie from a different land, as a punishment Feyre must live the rest of her life in these lands. While in Prythian Feyre learns that the beast is actually a high lord and that he’s been cursed. There’s something wrong in Prythian and Feyre can feel it and she’s determined to find a way to stop it.

A Court of Thorns and Roses is a Beauty and Beast retelling and its interesting because The Beast (Tamlin) is a faerie with the ability to shape shift into a wolf, Tamlin is a part of the spring court and unfortunately when his court was invited to a masquerade party they were cursed and everyone has a mask stuck to their face. Anyway Feyre spends most of her days brooding around, she’s not really a captive but she thinks she is in her own mind, she’s actually free to roam. Anyway after she realizes that being in Prythian isn’t as bad as she thought it would be she begins to develop feelings for Tamlin. Most of the book takes place in Prythian we see some Faerie parties take place, we learn that there’s something very wrong with the land and there’s a lot of faeries that are a lot weaker than they should be. At one point Tamlin sends Feyre back to her land but she comes back to Prythian because she realizes how much she loves him. Well now Feyre has to go through three trials and prove her love for Tamlin, and while doing this Feyre makes a deal with a faerie that we’ll be seeing more of in book two.

Feyre was an okay character, she was very set in her ways and didn’t think that anyone could be doing anything nice for her. She was kind of annoying in that way that she couldn’t trust anyone not even her sisters. Tamlin was not very important to me he was cursed and that’s about it, you learn more about him from other characters than from himself. The more I think about it the plot was pretty basic, I get that its a retelling but nothing about it wowed me. This is the second time I’ve read this book and even though I want to finish this series, I’m not in a rush to do it and I think that says everything.

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THRONE OF GLASS by Sarah J. Maas

September 16, 2015 by

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THRONE OF GLASS by Sarah J. MaasThrone of Glass by Sarah J. Maas
Series: Throne of Glass #1
Published by Bloomsbury Publishing on 5/7/13
Genres: Fantasy & Magic, Romance, Young Adult
Pages: 432
Source: Reviewer Purchase
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ReviewedbyDani

In a land without magic, where the king rules with an iron hand, Celaena, an assassin, is summoned to the castle. She comes not to kill the king, but to win her freedom. If she defeats twenty-three killers, thieves, and warriors in a competition, she is released from prison to serve as the king’s champion. The Crown Prince will provoke her. The Captain of the Guard will protect her. But something evil dwells in the castle of glass—and it’s there to kill. When her competitors start dying one by one, Celaena’s fight for freedom becomes a fight for survival, and a desperate quest to root out the evil before it destroys her world.

Throne of Glass starts with our heroine Celaena Sardothien a former assassin turned prisoner. Celaena spends everyday in the Salt Mines of Endovier. At this point Celaena has given up on hoping for freedom, until The Crown Prince (Dorian) and The Captain of the Guard (Chaol) come to her with a proposition. If Celaena fights in a competition and wins she’ll become the Kings Champion for four years, and she’ll earn her freedom. It’s an offer Celaena can’t resist. When Celaena arrives at the Glass Castle she learns things won’t be as simple as she thought. Some dark evil is at work in the King’s castle and is killing off the competitors one by one. Celaena is a smart character she knows when things are right and she’s not afraid to take risks to figure things out. There was a bit of a love triangle between Celaena, Dorian, and Chaol. I definitely preferred Chaol over Dorian mainly because he was with Celaena most of the time and he did care for her but wasn’t able to show it because of his role as The Captain of the Guard. I also loved Celaena’s friendship with Nehemia, both girls needed a friend and someone to trust with all of the chaos going on in the castle.

Throne of Glass is an awesome book! Celaena is funny, smart, and kick-ass. The ending was great and I’m ready to see what the rest of the series has in store.

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SOULPRINT by Megan Miranda

February 8, 2015 by

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SOULPRINT by Megan MirandaSoulprint by Megan Miranda
Published by Bloomsbury Publishing on 2015-02-12
Genres: Love & Romance, Science Fiction, Young Adult
Pages: 368
Source: Publisher
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ReviewedbyDani


“Maybe there will be a consequence for my choices in the next life. But right now, this is the only one that matters.”
Seventeen year old Alina Chase has been confined all her life for her own protection, so she is told. Protected from people that want revenge for her past life. Revenge for what her soul did as June Calahan a brilliant, charismatic criminal that blackmailed and stole private information from the soul database. Technology that can reveal our past lives. Information that people would pay or kill to protect or forget. But now Alina is paying the price for what June did. Alina lives under constant supervision on an island with no family or friends or way out. Until Casey and Cameron, two strangers with their own set of secrets and motives, come busting into her safe, little world. Casey and Cameron pull Alina out of her bubble. Out into the world to chase after answers and clues about soul-printing that June may or may not have left for her. I loved this tech filled scavenger hunt. This wasn’t my favorite book by Megan Miranda but I still loved it, I love all of her books and I would recommend this to everyone.

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