‘A Court of Thorns and Roses is just as beautiful as the title suggests’
Okay… deep breath and pray no-one kills me for this… I have a confession. I have never ever read a Sarah J Maas book! That might not sound so bad, but the thing is, I have actually met her (she is super nice and lovely) and have all of her books! I know the shame of failing at my bookworm goals… but now that’s changed! When I heard Maas was bringing out a modern fantasy retelling of Beauty and the Beast – my favourite Disney story of all time – I knew that the time was now and I had to read this book! I was super grateful when I was accidentally sold it in a book shop a month before its release, and I also received one from the Guardian to read and review! I wasn’t disappointed (and neither was my best mate, who got my spare copy).
A Court of Thorns and Roses is just as beautiful a book as the title suggests. It is set in a wondrous realm of faeries and mortals, and we are immediately thrown into Feyre’s world. She is a 19–year–old human literally fighting for survival in the cold, harsh lands which are her home, but when she kills a wolf, her life is changed forever. As it turns out, Feyre hasn’t only killed a wolf, but a Faerie, and she must now pay the price by leaving her family to enter the Fae lands and live there forever with her captor, Tamlin. Now, you might think that the book would continue with the Disney tale, but it becomes so much more, packed with adventure and life. It becomes an intensely gripping novel, not only about love, but also survival.
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