A Court of Thorns and Roses - Sarah J Maas.
My Rating: 1/5.
Curiosity kills the cat - I had read somewhere long back, and now in this book’s and series’ case, I became the bloody cat. I recently (six months ago) joined Fable, as I was getting bored of Goodreads' lack of activity and stumbled upon numerous highly rated reviews, all highly recommended by users. I am going to be the outcast who didn’t like the first book one bit, although going by the theme, it had so much scope, which, as far as I'm concerned, the author didn't explore to the extent I expected. I found it to be a mix of Game of Thrones, Twilight & even Harry Potter for all the magical liberties she has taken in the narrative. So the story goes that a teenage Feyre kills a wolf, which happens to be a Faerie (an immortal shape-shifting magical creature with powers) who is some kind of a High Lord in another world, across a wall between the mortal and immortal worlds. I am assuming the timeline is some thousands of years ago. So now the immortal lord had to fall for her and then you can predict what happens next as there will be a villain preferably a witch with more powers followed by the tasks done by our mortal heroine to save her great lord from her clutches and going by the Twilight hint you can imagine the ending :). Unfortunately, when it comes to books, I still cannot control my book buying spree, hence I already got the second of the series, which, as the thumb rule goes for books, I will surely be reading (call it a literal suicide).
Thanking God that they haven’t made a TV series or a Movie so far (talk about the quality of writing), I am spared more pain. Please let me know if you have read this one, and spare me if you have loved it for some reason. I will stay away from Ms Maas' books going forward.
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