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1.) A Court of Thorns and Roses ★★★★
2.) A Court of Mist and Fury ★★��
3.) A Court of Wings and Ruin ★★��

[2023 reread] ★★��
i really wanted to reread this this year, because i was reminded that it was set during the winter holiday season, and truly? this was a really nice reread. it does start on the first day of winter, which also happens to be feyre’s birthday! (i had very much forgotten that she was only 21, which did send me into a spiral of my own!) but we get to see her and the inner circle celebrate that and celebrate winter solstice together.

this long novella really is the bridging book to A ​Court of Silver Flames and i actually think it does a very good job prepping what is to come. we even get to see in cassian and nesta pov at the very end, which i had forgotten completely. but ultimately this really is a story about ptsd and grief and how those things look so very different in so many people. People experience things differently, people choose to show others how they are feeling differently, and people heal differently. i actually think this book does a very good job showing that and celebrating that in it’s own respectful way.

i for sure think i appreciated this more the second time around! also, sjm just really knows how to write a cold atmosphere and winter setting, and the timing of this just really made for a good reading experience. i can’t wait to finally finish this series reread, leading up to
House of Flame and Shadow!

trigger + content warnings: a lot of talk of loss of loved ones in the past, talk of war, talk of murder and death, grief depiction, ptsd depiction, misogyny and sexism, extreme abuse in past / violence against women, talk of menstruation and painful/hard menstrual cycles, gore and violence in past, talk of weight loss, blood, animal death.

[2018 first read] ★★��
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