Passionate, violent, sexy and daring ... A true page-turner - USA Today

The tantalising start to a seductive fantasy series from global #1 bestselling author Sarah J. Maas

Feyre is a huntress. And when she sees a deer in the forest being pursued by a wolf, she kills the predator and takes its prey to feed herself and her family. But the wolf was not what it seemed, and Feyre cannot predict the high price she will have to pay for its death ...
Dragged away from her family for the murder of a faerie, Feyre discovers that her captor, his face obscured by a jewelled mask, is hiding even more than his piercing green eyes suggest. As Feyre's feelings for Tamlin turn from hostility to passion, she learns that the faerie lands are a far more dangerous place than she realized. And Feyre must fight to break an ancient curse, or she will lose him forever.

Sarah J. Maas's books have sold millions of copies worldwide and have been translated into 37 languages. Discover the sweeping romantic fantasy for yourself.

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Sarah J. Maas is the #1 New York Times and internationally bestselling author of the Throne of Glass, Court of Thorns and Roses, and Crescent City series. Her books have sold more than nine million copies and are published in thirty-seven languages. A New York native, Sarah lives in Pennsylvania with her husband, son, and dog.

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"A gorgeously written tale as lush and romantic as it is ferocious. Absolutely spellbinding." --Alexandra Bracken, NEW YORK TIMES bestselling author

"Simply dazzles. . . . the clamor for a sequel will be deafening. . . . Maas' Throne of Glass series has been a smash hit. . . this new series is primed to follow in its footsteps." --starred review, Booklist

"Readers will find the author's trademark blend of action, romance, and witty banter as well as a sexier, edgier tone. " --School Library Journal

"Sarah J. Maas delivers what may be her best work to date. . . . Enchanting, spellbinding and imaginative. . . . The world-building is stellar, as only Maas can imagine it." --USA Today

"Suspense, romance, intrigue and action. This is not a book to be missed!" --The Huffington Post

"[T]he sexual tension and deadly action are well-supported by Maas' expertly drawn, multidimensional characters and their nuanced interpersonal dynamics. . . . Sexy and romantic." --Kirkus Reviews

"Elements from 'Beauty and the Beast, ' 'East o' the Sun, West o' the Moon, ' the myth of Persephone, and the legend of Tamlin are seamlessly interwoven with clever allusions." --BCCB

"A dazzling world, complex characters and sizzling romance." --RT Book Reviews

"A well-developed world. . . . [Feyre's] grit and boundless loyalty demand that her foes--and readers--sit up and pay attention." --Publishers Weekly

I was afraid to put the book down! - Tamora Pierce, NEW YORK TIMES bestselling author, on HEIR OF FIRE

The pages fly by. - Booklist on HEIR OF FIRE

Will leave readers ravenous for more. - Kirkus Reviews on HEIR OF FIRE

Readers will devour Maas's latest entry . . . A must-purchase. - School Library Journal on HEIR OF FIRE

An epic fantasy readers will immerse themselves in and never want to leave. - starred review, Kirkus Reviews on CROWN OF MIDNIGHT

Series fans . . . will be thrilled by the prospect of deepening adventures in the next volume. - Booklist on CROWN OF MIDNIGHT

A thrilling read. - starred review, Publishers Weekly on THRONE OF GLASS

A must-read for lovers of epic fantasy and fairy tales. - USA Today Happy Ever After on THRONE OF GLASS

Fans of Tamora Pierce and George R.R. Martin, pick up this book! - RT Book Reviews on THRONE OF GLASS

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Loxy

No Throne of Glass

Reviewed in Australia on 16 August 2020

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I’m a huge fan of the Throne of glass series so I thought I would give this series a shot and unfortunately found it quite disappointing.

As much as I love Glass of Thrones I will say this about the author, she absolutely loves her stereotypes and cliches. All the fae men are protectors and tough on the outside and soft on the inside and the women are insecure but find their feet - cue eye roll. However, it works in Throne of Glass because the lead character is fantastic. Actually most of the characters are great.

I cannot say the same for this series. Feyre is seriously boring and pathetic. Tamlin is also boring. Lucien seems ok but has no spine. Rhysand is more interesting but also predictable ie tough bad boy who will turn out to have a heart of gold.

I’ve since read the second book and it does improve but it’s never going to be a great series!

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Rosemary Nissen-Wade

Much more than Beauty and the Beast

Reviewed in Australia on 23 February 2020

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It begins as a ‘Beauty and the Beast‘ type story with some differences of detail - such as the fact that this heroine is strong and proactive, a hunter who provides for her impoverished father and siblings - and becomes a much more intricate story. It’s set in a world where Faeries and humans are enemies who are required by Treaty to keep to their own domains. But within the Faery realms things are a lot more complicated than that, as our heroine, taken there against her will, gradually discovers. A delicious fantasy-romance with engaging characters and a plot that contains some unforeseeable twists and turns which nevertheless, when they happen, are both credible and moving. I liked it so much, I read it fast and ordered the two sequels immediately.

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ACOTAR

Reviewed in Australia on 26 October 2017

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Wow! Such an amazing read I'm so glad that I can download the next book to continue reading this awesome series asap.

I had just finished the Throne of Glass series and wasn't ready to fully leave that world behind so I decided to see what all the fuss about regarding ACOTAR. Now while reading the first few chapters I thought it was boring and honestly Feyre was annoying me. Then it started to get interesting.
Lucien and Tamlin, where to start. Lucien I like, there is something about him that seems good but I'm not sure if he is a true friend to Feyre or not yet. I think he could be. Tamlin on the other hand I'm not sure I like. I get that he is who Feyre loves and who she would do anything for, but I don't trust him.
Rhysand, my beautiful Rhysand...I think he is hiding a great deal of secrets and I can not wait to see what trouble he causes for Tamlin in the next book.

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Second Time Round and Still Delivers

Reviewed in Australia on 7 May 2017

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This was my second time reading A Court of Thorns and Roses. And what an epic adventure of magic, love, torture and darkness. Sarah J. Maas has delivered a unique retelling of Beauty and the Beast that stretches far past the classic tale. Feyre has taken to venturing further and further into the forest, closer to the wall that separates the faeries and their magic from the land of the humans. But when Feyre takes the life of a fae she has to pay the price. Having to leave her father, her sisters and the life she has known behind, Feyre is taken beyond the wall and into a world where nothing is as it seems. What happens when the good versus evil is not what you thought it was and the fae you had been taught to fear were not necessarily the evil they had been made out to be. Humans versus Fae turns into life and love versus greed and death in this epic tale. For those that prefer to not enter into a long trilogy, A Court of Thorns and Roses could be read as a standalone novel, however could not wait to get into the second book in this great series.

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ITS A PRICKLY PROBLEM ...

Reviewed in Australia on 13 February 2016

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Book one of this much lauded YA Fantasy series is, to put it mildly, an extraordinary reading experience. It must be said, however, that ACOTAR starts off relatively slowly. The reader is introduced to the book’s principal character - Feyre - who is a huntress who kills for her own survival and that of her family. Her father is a broken man. Crippled, both physically, financially, and metaphorically. Her mother died when she was younger. He sisters are two unloving, and facetious twats. Her brothers are something our heroine (and the story) were not blessed with.

Fate brings Fayre and a beautiful, fully grown wolf together in the sunlight dappled reaches of the nearby Forest. Destiny steps forth to convince Fayre to kill the wolf. She does so, and her life is never the same again. For the wolf she killed was anything but. Fayre is captured for the kill and punishment is either instant death, or lifelong banishment into the enemy’s kingdom. She chooses the latter to save her family, and this is where the book’s true nature takes form and steals the reader’s heart.

For this is where we meet Tamlin, and Lucien. The sworn and hated enemies who aren’t. It is easy to detest them both, but read on, and your feelings toward them will soften. Moments of breathtaking excitement and beauty follow. Chapter after chapter, after chapter, feature cliffhangers and profound plot twists, that quite literally, take your breath away, and make it impossible for the reader to put the book down. A chain of truly stupendous OMG moments leave the reader in tatters when they realise they must put the book down eventually to rejoin society. Chapter thirteen is where the book finds it’s street cred from a fantasy perspective. And chapter eighteen is a good way for the reader to determine if they are still human, and if they still have a heart than can be broken.

This book is structured, and written beautifully. Pacing is perfect, too. A harsh critic would give it four stars and say, 'its only book one of a trilogy, and you need to leave room for improvement...’ Well, I ain’t no harsh critic. This book is worth full marks, and if the rest are even better, then no doubt the world will get to hear of it. ACOTAR is the first Sarah J Maas book that i have picked up and it is truly gorgeous in just about every way imaginable. My good fortune lies in the fact that book two is less than three months away. That gives me time to read this one again (and again, and again) in readiness, or go and purchase the other titles in her world wide best selling catalog.

Either way, I can’t lose. It’s a prickly problem that I am delighted to find myself in a quandary over.

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Miss K. Southern

It took me a lot longer to get through this one than I would have liked, mostly because despite the fact that I did ...

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 27 January 2018

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So I finally finished a Sarah J. Maas book! It's been a long time coming, but of course I was going to end up reading this one - a combined re-imagining of 'Beauty & The Beast' and the lesser known Scottish folk tale 'Tam Lin'. It took me a lot longer to get through this one than I would have liked, mostly because despite the fact that I did like it, I couldn't quite bring myself to fall in love.

As far as MCs go, Feyre was pretty good. She was tough and realistic, though at times her tendency to inner ramble wore on me. Tamlin, her love interest, I quite liked at first but as the book progressed I realised that not only did I begin to question a few of his motives as more of his past was revealed, I found him a bit too dull: especially in comparison to characters filled with personality such as Rhysand and Lucien. It will be interesting to see how they and Nesta (who I think has SO much potential) develop in Book Two, as well as whether I continue to like Tamlin as the object of Feyre's affections. I feel like Maas might be trying to sneak in a Hades & Persephone style story-line in the future and I have to say if I'm right then it's ramped up my excitement for 'A Court Of Mist & Fury' tenfold! The world-building is nicely introduced though I still felt it skimped on some of the details, choosing to take more of an info-dumping approach later on via Alis rather than using more of that time that Feyre spends prancing and painting around the Spring Court.

The thing is, I DO really want to know what happens next but I can't bring myself to lie and say that this book gave me that blown away feeling. It's a really good story on creatures that are rarely focused on: the Fae. But I never felt truly gripped by the plot (the pacing was a little hot and cold) and can't help but feel like I wanted more from a book that set the Blogging world on fire that was written by a widely loved Author in the YA Fantasy community.

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Letícia

Edição fantástica!

Reviewed in Brazil on 9 June 2020

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Com certeza o livro mais bonito da minha estante! O primeiro livro da trilogia não é o melhor, nem de longe, mas quem é fã da Sarah e da trilogia precisa dele! Lindo demais, estou apaixonada!

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Anne Pruitt

ACOTAR is nothing more than erotica

Reviewed in the United States on 14 November 2018

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So here I sit, having gone through the OMG ACOTAR SERIES IS AMAZING phase, and out the other end, I can sit back and think "What the actual hell?"

I'm a HUGE Maas fan, so when I found out she was writing another series, I had to have it. For the first time in a long time, my library actually got the book within a month of its release, so I checked out ACOTAR and read it in a single day. I loved it.

Books two came out, and while I was super disappointed in the pointless sex thrown in every so often and whole chapters dedicated to this nonsense, I continued reading because the story was compelling enough. And then ACOWAR emerged, and everything changed.

This was a series I read numerous times before ACOWAR came out, and I saw things that genuinely bothered me, but I ignored them (I don't even know why) until I just couldn't stand it anymore.

ACOTAR is nothing more than erotica. I feel like the series as a whole started out with plans of being some sort of "story" porn that has a kick-ass plot with "hot" scenes thrown in for whatever reason, and then it got to ACOWAR and decided it wanted to be The Bachelor or a soap opera instead.

The relationship between Tamlin and Feyre GREATLY disturbs me. She's taking care of her family and he swoops in after she accidentally kills a fae (who was disguised as a wolf int he woods where hunters hunt...) and takes her away, claiming she's going to be in trouble and damned and blah blah. No, she's pampered and given servants and pretty clothes and good food. Tamlin dresses her up like a doll and makes snide remarks when she falls short of his goals (fae goals, mind you).

Feyre is a HUMAN. Tamlin is fae. He acts like her humanity is a curse or something to hold against her, and he constantly makes remarks about how she's too fragile, too uneducated, too plain, etc. Instead of "fixing" these issues, Tamlin does nothing other than tell her what to do and not do.

He sexually assaults her after Calanmai, and in the book Feyre shows how much she does not want his advances, and he shoves her against the wall and BITES her, then tells her not to ever go against him again. How is this OK? If my husband ever did this to me, I'd kick him in the crotch and leave. This is not OK. This is not a relationship. This is abuse, which is why it disgusts me that people go on and on about Tamlin.

The fact that Feyre and Tamlin have sex at a later time after he did this makes it worse. why, Feyre, are you going to throw yourself at a man who A) Doesn't care about you based off his degrading comments and B) threatens you. Not only that, he basically blames her for a near-rape experience when he literally did nothing to look out for her and/or stop the guys who were going to attack her?

That being said, I have a lot of issues with Feyre. She gets off too easy on everything, and it's like her brain is only wired to care if the dude is hot. You take care of your family, but then you walk into Tamlin's embrace after the things he has said and done. I understand she has been abused by this, but at the same time, she could have said no. Death is a lot better than basically being a sex slave or punching bag to an immortal person determined to imprison you until you die.

She's never punished for killing a fae. Lucien and Tamlin tell her about magical creatures that could give her what she wants, and the next day she walks out and finds them...the elusive creatures...that are hard for fae to find?

Lucien is about the only well developed character, and he's too sexualized sometimes for me to take me seriously. If you keep pointing out the abs, tanned skin, or whatever on the dude, you're turning them into a slab of meat. All of the males, and truthfully the females as well, in ACOTAR are "perfect" in the idea of what today's society thinks is beauty, sexy, and amazing at everything. This is sexist on every account. Your characters become nothing more than fantasies--which is why I say this is nothing more than porn/erotica.

Sure, you can get some great messages out of this series, but is it worth all of the dung in the way? Specifically with the later books, there's too much sex at some points for it to even be OK. Please, go try to have sex that many times or for days on end and tell me how that is. if you can do that, I'm sorry, but you're either a whore or you're just kinda crazy, because that's too much.

Why I ever read this book and like it, I truthfully don't know, but I'm done with this series. I'm done with this fandom, and I'm fed up with seeing people "swoon" or make comments or even draw/like at that nude art about LITERARY CHARACTERS. Guys, seriously? This is not a book for young girls, but when I went to the first (and last) Maas event, most of the audience there were between the ages of 14-20 (predominately 15-17 years of age) and SCREAMED when Maas was mentioning SEX SCENES. I'm not going to continue to support a series that is encouraging young teens and young women to have unrealistic ideas of men as well as sexual fantasies, especially the married women who I've seen act this same way. if I were your husband, I wouldn't be able to deal with that. I wouldn't want those books in my house.

About the only good thing I have to say for ACOTAR was that there actually was a plot in this book, and it was good, if insanely slow to get rolling, and the amount of sex was fairly minimal.

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jek

Mixed feelings

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 9 February 2018

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I have really mixed feelings about this book. OK, so it took me a long time to get through it. I devoured three other books while I kept putting this down and picking it up again.

I think I found Fayre, the main character, a little hard to relate to or feel anything for. I didn’t particularly like her, but there were other characters that I did like, such as Lucien, Rhysand and Nesta. Feyre likes to paint and I think this is where the empathy is supposed to come through – oh, look, she paints, so she has got a heart, but it didn’t quite hit the mark.

This is at the older end of young adult with some very raunchy scenes. I didn’t mind them but it’s something to keep in mind.

The writing style was stilted at times and her overuse of repetition can become distracting, pulling you out of the story rather than enhancing it. Some descriptions were just strange but then others were beautiful.

It was a bit of a slow start. Towards the end I was thinking oh god, there’s still 20% left, but as it turned out that was the section I enjoyed most. This pulled it from being 2.5 stars to 3.

I can see why this is such a huge hit. I have the second and third book on my kindle but I’m not sure when the mood will take me to pick them up. I’m certainly not rushing for them, but maybe they’ll keep calling out to me to be read, just like this one did.

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This one is good, the sequel is even better...

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 15 September 2017

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So, where do I begin?
This book has such a following its hard to really say anything that hasn’t already been said but I shall do my best.

The story starts off with a ‘Beauty and The Beast’ vibe that mingles with a Hunger Games-y, Cinderella-esque type main character and a super mysterious plot. However, it quickly develops into much more than that as we gradually discover more and more about the Faerie world and the creatures who inhabit it.

Something I liked about the plot (and something that seems to be a trend among YA fiction at the moment – see Caraval) was the way Mass played with the idea of truth. A Court of Thorns and Roses invites the reader to question a great deal of what we read on the page, making it both more unpredictable and more magical. In terms of ‘overall outcome’ the plot was fairly typical but this didn’t really take away from the story. The only part I found a little disappointing was the way the key romantic relationship shifts after about half-way through. I think I’ve guessed events in the sequel purely because later descriptions of the couple seem to indicate that Maas is no longer invested in it – it will be interesting to see how it all plays out. (I hope it plays out in a particular way) I totally ship Rhys – I’m not even ashamed. He’s so much more interesting than Tamlin.

I really enjoyed the way Maas made faeries so acutely unlike traditional ‘fairy’ images. The raw, animal nature of the Fae characters was fun to read and I liked the little canine and feline behavioural traits she used. Feyre’s character is still kind of growing on me though – I was disappointed that she was given quite so much help by male characters in later chapters, it really took away from the gender tropes the opening chapters challenged. The weak father and strong daughter juxtaposition paired with the female Mercenary was a good opener and I’d definitely like to read more about the briefly introduced mercenary.

Nesta, I think, actually proved to be one of the most intriguing characters and I’d really like to read more about her too. Don’t get me wrong, the faeries are cool and all, I just feel like her character was compelling and utterly human – and, really, there’s some magic in that too. She pulls a full 360 and goes from evil step-sister to loyal protector, a character arc I just really felt was worth mentioning. She’s so magically human that she defies magic, I hope Maas does something cool with her character.
“I’d never heard of a glamour not working. But Nesta’s mind was so entirely her own; she had put up such strong walls—of steel and iron and ash wood—that even a High Lord’s magic couldn’t pierce them.”
Another thing that disappointed me about this read, and perhaps the reason it doesn’t quite make it to four stars, was that I felt quite disconnected from the characters I was reading about. There are real gruesome and emotional events going on in this novel but few made my heart race and I didn’t cry – not even once. I’m not saying crying makes a book good but sad things did happen, it would’ve been a better book had I felt that in the writing. I really want to love this series and I’m hoping the second book lets me do that by just harnessing a little more emotion and tension.

In summary, this was an interesting story and kept me reading till the last page. Despite all the little niggles, I really did enjoy it and I’ll definitely be picking up the sequel with high hopes.

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