Book Review: A Court of Mist and Fury

Rating: 5/5

Note to Readers: This review has spoilers for the first book, so if you have not read this series yet, you may do better to read my spoiler free review of book one.  This review is spoiler free for A Court of Mist and Fury but in order to review the book I do discuss some things from book one.

Holy heck was this a fantastic sequel!  This is one of the best follow ups I have ever read.  Not only did it expand on the world building of the second book, but it introduced new and likable characters and developed the characters of the first book.

This novel picks up where A Court of Thorns and Roses left off.  Feyre is engaged to Tamlin and they are to be married.  But life at The Spring Court is different than it was before Under the Mountain and so is Tamlin.  Feyre feels trapped and like she can't fully be herself.  Despite her deal with Rhysand to spend one week every month with him, he has not made hide nor hair of himself, until the day of the wedding when he senses her doubts about marrying Tamlin through the bond forged by their bargain and interrupts the vows to claim her for their deal.

This novel was a fantastic follow up as I said before.  It was a really fantastic book and I really enjoyed the world building.  The stakes have been raised immensely since book one, and while the first book resolved itself to a sort of conclusion by the end, this one leaves off right in the middle of the action so I'm quite glad to have book three nearby to start.  Book two focuses a lot on the fantasy and world building elements of the story, building into the climax of the trilogy superbly, so there is a lot less romance than there was in the first one (though there is still quite a bit, and yet again there are quite a few mature elements in this installment as were in the first so younger readers and those who aren't a fan of sex scenes, this book is probably not for you), but does so in a way that makes you care a lot more for the characters and invest even more in the romance.  I absolutely adored this book and must get my hands on everything else Sarah writes!  Again, 5/5!