ACOFAS Rant Review | (A Court of Frost and Starlight Book) 

Lol!!!! Yeah, having been pregnant twice myself it was kind of glaring to me. But funny. :-)

I was wondering if she was pregnant or had decided to have a kid after I read it too, but was too lazy to actually look it up.

Haha! Thanks Mara. :-) Well, now maybe you don't even need to!

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Yes, yes yes!!!! Completely agree with all of this. This one was really disappointing.

That is really interesting. I never did when I was reading but I’m sure it’s a valid possibility! But yeah, the way it’s being handled is far from ideal.

LOL!!!! Oh my god Lauren. Do you like how I quoted you btw? ;-)

Love iiit 😘😘

😂😂😂 omg I laughed so much at Court of 50 Shades! But yeah, I don't even mind references to periods as much, it's just the extended description that was unconnected to anything was weird for me.

Oh no she's the new Stephanie Meyer

Fifty Shades of Fae over here 🤣🤣🤣🤣

I might have to agree. I haven't read Tower of Dawn yet, so I can't totally speak to it. But this one was definitely self-indulgent.

Beautifully Bookish Bethany I actually really enjoyed Tower of Dawn...and I did like ACOFAS for what it was...but all the way through I just kept thinking ‘this is glorified fan-fiction’ 😂

Lol! Yep, I agree with that. I have heard good things about ToD! In general I have preferred her Throne of Glass books.

What's your favorite book from her?

Ruby's Nails It was always so weird to me how his questionable past actions were swept under the rug by some of the fans of this trilogy. I read the first three books (didn’t think they were all that), but don’t plan on continuing the series.

Yeah, I think that is definitely the case.

I don't like Rhys either. Like I don't get why so many seemes to love him. And hate Tamlin (I don't really hate him. ), for what he did when Rhys is not that good either. Like how he's described as a saint or knight in shining armour. Both of Feyre's bos , have done some really stupid things. I don't get why one should get all the hate , when the other one not. Which is kind of one of the reasons why I don't like him and why I think he's problematic. PLEASE! All Rhys fans. Don't hate me. Just my opinon.

Yeah....I'm with you on all of this. Not sure what happened with this one?!

Yeah....I do think that's a fair rating. There was enough of it that I found interesting that 1 star was too low for me. I tend to reserve that for books with no redeeming qualities.

Like why can't they let him be happy. Since SJM always kind of pairs up all characters. Why not do the same with him. It would atleast feel good for my heart. And perhaps bring another high lady. Since Feyre right now is such a special snowflake. And I can't stand it. Sorry if I rant a lot. And please don't be mad at me.

Thank you! Yeah....it wasn't good. I think what redeemed this for me a little bit was reading this with other people. But I think I've decided to take this as non-cannon Rhys.

I mostly liked the first three as well. I think you could go either way with this one. There aren't a lot of critical plot elements in the book, although there are a couple of minor things that might bridge the books. And I also think if you go in with low expectations and maybe get it from the library or something, it might not be so bad. I did give it 2.5 stars, so it wasn't completely terrible, just not worth buying a hardcover copy of in my opinion. And I really didn't like Rhys as much in this!

Interesting point about the drinking! I thought it was a weird character change for Feyre too but if your speculation is right it makes so much more sense haaha

Haha! It's true, I'm amazed at how many people agree with me. But yeah, my best guess with the drinking is pregnancy.

Yeah....I think that's been common among people who enjoyed it. I think I might have gone with 3 if it came out as a Christmas book.

Yay! Glad you finally got to it! I agree about Nesta. It seemed like a strange character choice for her, but hoping for better things in the next book.

I think even as a Christmas book it has a lot of problems, but knowing that's what it is might help.

Beautifully Bookish Bethany ok. I will still read it but I have more books that interest me more. Like right now I am reading Honor among thieves by Rachel Caine and Ann Aguirre. Than I will be getting owlcrate pretty soon and if its the book I am thinking it is I definitely want to read that. Plus I have Dread Nation by Justina Ireland that I want to get to. And next month is Reaper at the gate, which I am so super excited for!!!!! I just read the first 2 and I am in freaking love with this series!!!!!

I liked Honor Among Thieves!

Beautifully Bookish Bethany I am really enjoying it so far. I am taking my time in reading it, I do what to have it finished by the end of this weekend. Because I was going to participate in shelflove readathon that there starting on Tuesday.

Yeah, I know she announced the pregnancy a little while back. Agree about December being better timing!

No, I think that's fair!

A pretty good rating

I gave it a 1 star 😂

Well thanks! That's good to hear. Interested to hear your thoughts.

Thanks Shae! I think you have a point. Although, I always saw the original trilogy as guilty pleasure reads with some problems. I do think a lot of people have idolized them.

EXACTLY!!!! I'm with you. Thanks!

Thanks for sharing your perspective. I do have experience with depression, but I don’t feel like that excuses her behavior or the consequences of it. And honestly, I just found the sneak peek to be more interesting than the rest of the book, even if it’s darker.

Yes well, that's entirely up to you who you choose to sympathize with. I personally cannot sympathize nor agree with most of the actions of Rhys, Feyra, Cassian and Amren (Mor and Az are ok in my book they aren't actively being dicks to other people) that's why I feel like I can sympathize with Nesta, Tamlin, Lucien and Elain instead and feel the need to defend them as characters. I understand your point that Nesta's depression does not excuse her behavior towards the other characters. It is valid in certain situations. However I would argue that Rhys and Feyra's authority as Lord and Lady of the Night Court does not excuse nor justify the awful way they treat Nesta, Tamlin and Lucien especially, nor does everyone else have to agree or care with just how FUCKING PERFECT their life is and or put up with their constantly shoving it in other people's faces (including us, the readers). Feyra does this constantly to Nesta (and Rhys does this to Tamlin) and she's basically implying "look at how well I have it... compared to you". I personally didn't like it when my own sister did that to me when I was depressed and I can understand why Nesta wouldn't either. Also there are no visible consequences on Feyra and Rhys in regards to Nesta's behavior. They just shrug it off and go back to their life. On Cassian however? He's the one who's insisting for Nesta to give him attention, so it's understandable that she would reject him given that she said multiple times! to Cassian to just leave her alone and he still drones on and on. Going as far as to insult her. I don't think the consequences of her actions on the Inner Circle are as noticeable as the other way around. Her opinions on them barely get through to them and it certainly doesn't make them self reflect. But their opinions of her do!

Well thank you. It happens, and making the video was quite cathartic!

Yeah, I think you are probably right. Interested to see what you think!

Lol! Yeah, I definitely see that. I also didn't hate the Christmas stuff as much as I didn't like that it wasn't marketed that way and cam out in May. Agree with the other points!

I can do Christmas all year round, but I know what you mean. I wouldn’t have minded waiting for it either. Getting it at Christmastime would have been even better! Haha. They definitely coulda done better on the marketing too. I honestly would have been more excited for it had I known beforehand. XD

You probably aren't taking into consideration that both Tamlin and Nesta are depressed by this point in time in ACOFAS and that the other characters are being complete dicks to them.

Agreed!