Trying to express how I feel about this book turns out a lot harder than I would have thought. I definitely did send hundreds of voice messages to my friends screaming about everything I felt reading this, but summing it up? Writing it down? It's hard.

I belong to one of the few people, apparantly, who didn't hate Nesta. Was she my favorite character? Not really. Was I excited for her book? Absolutely. I knew it was right to tell Nesta's story before anyone else's from the Inner Circle, and I knew that there was more to her than what she let us all believe in the books prior. I was excited to be in her head, to feel what she feels, and see her heal. And all of it did pay off, as I ended up loving her and this story.

[b:A Court of Mist and Fury|17927395|A Court of Mist and Fury (A Court of Thorns and Roses, #2)|Sarah J. Maas|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1546406996l/17927395._SY75_.jpg|25126749] is and stays my favorite book of this series. However, before the other installements weren't even able to come as close to the emotional level this book offered; A Court of Silver Flames, however, does. This story had the same essence of ACOMAF without making it feel like a repetition or being too predictable.

As much as we see Feyre heal, grow and become High Lady of the Night Court during ACOMAF, we now are able to follow Nesta as she is healing, understanding who she is, where she belongs and finding her place, not only beside Cassian but also in life. We're finally able to look closer into Nesta's soul, understanding her origin of trauma, the source of her behavior and what emotions are behind that mask of cold arrogance.

Her relationship with Cassian is one that I had wanted ever since these two met in ACOMAF. To have such a tension as they do by simply being in the same room, as secondary characters in the books prior, had to mean something, and they proved that in this book. I loved how they complete each other, how well they work, and how they always are equals. Nesta and Cassian are just so perfect for each other! (And that smut is just *chef's kiss* even if it did shock me as I was not expecting that degree of it! But who am I to complain? hahaha)

Overall, I just purely loved this book. It reminded me of why I come to love the characters and world of this series, it gave me hope, it made me laugh, it made me cry. And as much as ACOMAF stays my favorite installement, this one surely comes very close to it.

(and now let me go and make up 43979347 theories on what could happen in the next two books, and they better have the ships I want!)