A Court of Mist and Fury - Sarah J Maas

A Court of Mist and Fury – Sarah J Maas

A Court of Mist and Fury is the second book in the A Court of Thorns and Roses series by Sarah J Maas. I am going to find it very hard to review this book, mainly as no words can really express just how much i loved it, but also as i am going to attempt to contain no spoilers. An impossible feat, so this may be a shorter and more vague review than usual.

Feyre survived Amarantha's clutches to return to the Spring Court—but at a steep cost. Though she now has the powers of the High Fae, her heart remains human, and it can't forget the terrible deeds she performed to save Tamlin's people.

Nor has Feyre forgotten her bargain with Rhysand, High Lord of the feared Night Court. As Feyre navigates its dark web of politics, passion, and dazzling power, a greater evil looms—and she might be key to stopping it. But only if she can harness her harrowing gifts, heal her fractured soul, and decide how she wishes to shape her future—and the future of a world cleaved in two.

The second book starts off 3 months after the first, the dust settling after Amarantha’s demise, and we see Feyre a shell of the person she once was. Clearly still struggling with the events that took place under the mountain, we follow the challenges and consequences Feyre now faces. Her nightmares, guilt and conscience slowly starting to eat away at her.

The Spring court is still shown to be as beautiful as ever, with the same faces of Tamlin and Lucien. It is clear to see how a lot has changed since the last book, to which even i found myself surprised to feel how i did about certain characters and the way they were acting and the choices they made. We have a new character to the Spring court too in Ianthe, a high priestess in Prythian. A support for Feyre she may be, at no point have i trusted her. Full of power, and clear charm, there is something very scheming about this character. 

Rhysand is back in A Court of Mist and Fury too, keeping up the bargain that was made with Feyre, of a week a month to be spent with him at the Night Court. It is strange how my feelings toward him changed, i disliked him greatly in the first book, and when i saw him pop up in this book i inwardly groaned ‘ugh not him again’ but i have to say, i take that all back. I LOVE Rhys! We learn a great deal about his character in this book, meeting his circle, and learning a great deal about the Night Court, not all is at it seems. The sarcastic banter and with the bond between him and Feyre had me laughing out loud at so many points, i just couldn’t get enough. I loved the detail and depth that was put into learning everything about the Night Court too. All the new characters we are introduced too and the stories behind them as well, were all so deep and moving. Beautifully crafted by Sarah.

Sarah J Maas has no shortage of imagination when creating the world’s she does. Weaving together all these intricate worlds with nothing more than the words she puts onto paper. Within the first few paragraphs you are instantly sucked back into the world from her last book. Hooking the reader right back into the storyline. I could barely put this book down when i started it, i read it within 2 days, and it only took that long as i had to go to work.

A Court of Mist and Fury, is full of self discovery, action, betrayal and romance. Curveballs are thrown left, right and centre in this book, and at one point my jaw dropped as i was so in shock. I never expected to like the characters i did, nor dislike characters i once loved. This book threw everything i felt about A Court of Thorns and Roses into the air, and left me scrambling to put everything back together again. It was brilliant. I think i loved this book a lot more than i did the first, which tends to be a common theme with me and Sarah J  Maas novels. I always think the last book i read was the greatest of them all, until the next one. So i can only imagine just how brilliant the third and last book in this trilogy is going to be, and i simply cannot wait.

If you like fantasy, if you like Sarah J Maas, if you enjoy reading a book that you simply get lost in and then feel devastated to have finished it and want to read it instantly again. Then pick this series up. I cannot speak highly enough of this series, or of this author. Friends i have recommended to this series, and her Throne of Glass series, have not regretted me forcing them to pick up and read her books. I am sure you will feel the same.

I have given this book 5 out of 5 stars.