Story 3 of 5 stars
Heat 3 of 5 stars
Series – A Court of Thorn and Roses
Main Characters – Feyre Archeron, Tamlin, Rhysand, Lucien Vanserra
Listened to audio narrated well by Jennifer Ikeda.
Feyre is a nineteen year old girl taking on the responsibilities of feeding and providing for her family when her mother dies and her father’s fortunes turn south and his creditors leave him crippled. While Feyre hunts to put food on the table her two older sisters seem oblivious to their dire situation, doing little to help, I pretty much hated her family.
Tamlin is a High Lord of the Fae, who’s been cursed and he and his court pin their hopes on Feyre freeing them all.
Desperately hungry, Feyre kills a wolf about to kill a deer she needs for her family, not caring if it’s one of the Fae. She’s resourceful and smart even if she struggles with her worthiness as a person off and on throughout the book because of her lack of education. I really liked that about her and was surprised it took her so long to solve the riddle.
Tamlin shows up at Feyre’s door demanding retribution for the murder of his friend, but instead of taking her life he takes her to live out the rest of her life in his world, on his estate. I have to tell you this and Tamlin’s court seemed odd and their actions don’t make a lot of sense until MUCH later in the book, like fellow reviewer Ah-Mei I prefer to understand what’s going on much earlier in a book. It’s also odd that she was supposed to be being punished but instead seems set for life. Like I said it makes no sense until a lot later but it makes for frustrating reading.
The first part of the book left me a bit confused, wondering where we were going and the pacing was a bit slow, but when the story finally picks up and it’s unveiled what’s going on, it got better and better. Several of the side characters steal the spotlight from our main couple, especially Rhysand towards the end and that was sad because I feel like we didn’t get to see enough of Tamlin.
The blurb suggests it’s a beauty and the beast type story, but only very loosely, there were also several Cinderella and Rumpelstiltskin moments.
Overall I enjoyed listening to this book, it was nice fantasy read, but you’ll have to stick with the slow half of the book before you get to the good stuff.
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