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Contents

General information

The idea of the story

The world and its history

The characters and the story

Review

A Court of Thorns and Roses

A Court of Mist and Fury

A Court of Wings and Ruin

A Court of Frost and Starlight

Contents

General information

The idea of the story

The world and its history

The characters and the story

Review

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The writing
The characters
The magical world
The story
My recommendation

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The novel "A Court of Thorns and Roses" is the first book of the still not finished series by Sarah J. Maas, published by Bloomsbury in 2015.
So far there are three main parts and one additional novella on the market, "A Court of Thorns and Roses" the first main one.

Maas is a New York Times bestselling author, born in 1986 and has also written the series "Throne of Glass".

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"A Court of Thorns and Roses" (ACOTAR) is inspired by the Beauty and the Beast, but goes beyond the classical story and develops into an epic fantasy series.

The story starts in the south of Prythian. Only a two-days ride away from the wall which separates the mortal lands from the faerie realms, lives Feyre Archeron, the main character that narrates the story.

500 years ago, there was a long war between the mortals and the faeries. It ended when six mortal queens formed a treaty with the faeries. The humans who used to be slaves to the High Fae were to be released and an immortal, magical wall was erected to keep the mortals safe from the faeries with superior strength, speed and their magic.

Since then, Prythian is divided into seven courts that are ruled by seven High Lords. The mortals still despise the faeries and therefore have dismissed their gods and try to protect themselves with iron and ash wood, which they believe would save their lives in an encounter with a faerie.

Feyre Archeron

Feyre (Fay-ruh) Archeron is the youngest of three sisters and barely 19 years old. Her family used to be wealthy, but they lost their fortune seven years ago, thus they now live in a small cottage near the woods and therefore the wall. Feyre provides her family with food as best as she can, starting to hunt five years ago, when their money truly ran out. Her father has a smashed knee and only carves wood and begs to feed his family. Feyre's sisters mostly spend the money she brings in and don't acknowledge Feyre's efforts to keep them alive.
Feyre cares deeply for her family and values her promise to her mother that she swore when her mother was dying. Feyre promised to look after her family. Her mother died before they lost their fortune, so Feyre did not know the burden the promise would become.