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A Court of Frost and Starlight
by Sarah J. Maas
3.5 stars
I'm not sure if I can really get my feelings straight about this novella. There were things I loved and things I didn't. I personally feel like these are chapters that SJM just cut out of her next book.... the less exciting lead in chapters that would slow down her novel. And maybe she just wanted to make sure to publish something this year as the rabid readers are salivating for the next novel...why not give them this.
I've read a lot of novellas and I think this one was not that well done. It seemed just chopped out of a book with no real overall plot line, just glimpses into the character's lives. A lot of other "in between" novels I read are there to show something....a snippet of someone's past...reveal a secret...explain something. This one is just kind of a connector between books without that umph of others.
Things I loved:
Seeing the characters again! I wasn't lying when I said I would happily read a scene about Feyre and Rhysand going grocery shopping or something else mundane.
The epilogue and the last Mor scene - they had me needing to know what happens yet and really piqued my interested
The healing - this was a book of sorrow and sadness and hurt, but also healing a love. I love how we see how different characters (big and small) are finding a way to live after the disastrous war. Not everything goes back to being perfect.
Things I didn't:
Where the heck did this Nesta come from? Completely and absolutely different from ACOWAR Nesta (and she had lots of time for this behavior after she was "made" and before the war).
Not enough Az and Mor!
This languid, slow pace and pretty much no plot.
Some of the stuff with the Illyrian women - is it really prideful to do the laundry and cooking? Don't get me wrong I like to do that stuff, but my husband and I both do it and I wouldn't say there's a "pride" in being FORCED to do anything. Why don't we find out what the women want?
Do they want to clean or fight? (has no one thought maybe they don't want to fight?)Hopefully this is better hashed out in the next book.
So there are some thoughts and ramblings about this. I'm glad I read it, but wish it was published closer to the next book because I'm left feeling empty and just even more anxious to see a real plot!
I'm not sure if I can really get my feelings straight about this novella. There were things I loved and things I didn't. I personally feel like these are chapters that SJM just cut out of her next book.... the less exciting lead in chapters that would slow down her novel. And maybe she just wanted to make sure to publish something this year as the rabid readers are salivating for the next novel...why not give them this.
I've read a lot of novellas and I think this one was not that well done. It seemed just chopped out of a book with no real overall plot line, just glimpses into the character's lives. A lot of other "in between" novels I read are there to show something....a snippet of someone's past...reveal a secret...explain something. This one is just kind of a connector between books without that umph of others.
Things I loved:
Seeing the characters again! I wasn't lying when I said I would happily read a scene about Feyre and Rhysand going grocery shopping or something else mundane.
The epilogue and the last Mor scene - they had me needing to know what happens yet and really piqued my interested
The healing - this was a book of sorrow and sadness and hurt, but also healing a love. I love how we see how different characters (big and small) are finding a way to live after the disastrous war. Not everything goes back to being perfect.
Things I didn't:
Where the heck did this Nesta come from? Completely and absolutely different from ACOWAR Nesta (and she had lots of time for this behavior after she was "made" and before the war).
Not enough Az and Mor!
This languid, slow pace and pretty much no plot.
Some of the stuff with the Illyrian women - is it really prideful to do the laundry and cooking? Don't get me wrong I like to do that stuff, but my husband and I both do it and I wouldn't say there's a "pride" in being FORCED to do anything. Why don't we find out what the women want?
Do they want to clean or fight? (has no one thought maybe they don't want to fight?)Hopefully this is better hashed out in the next book.
So there are some thoughts and ramblings about this. I'm glad I read it, but wish it was published closer to the next book because I'm left feeling empty and just even more anxious to see a real plot!