I don’t usually do this, but spoilers ahead because I am just so incredibly excited about this book that I need to rave about the plot.
I am beyond elated that Feyre and Rhys ended up together because I was rooting for him pretty much the entire time. Back in A Court of Thorns and Roses, I liked Tamlin and Feyre as a couple. And I could understand why Tamlin acted the way he did Under the Mountain, emotionless and cold. He was doing it to try and protect Feyre as much as he could by acting like he didn’t care what they were doing to her, although in the back of my mind I was slightly wondering why. When Feyre arrived she immediately stated that she was there to claim her love. I think this alone would have let everyone there know that Tamlin felt the same way about her because he didn’t deny not loving her back. He could have done something, he should have done something, to help her. With the way the next book opened up, I grew an immediate dislike for him for his lack of help during her trials.
A Court of Mist and Fury immediately opens up with Feyre reliving what happened Under the Mountain in her nightmares, and we see that her waking moments are filled with just as much agony. She has had to adjust to a new life after living through trials designed to torture her body and mind, but she has not been given any time to heal. The wedding between her and Tamlin has been set for only three months after their liberation, really rushed in my opinion. Everyone around her is controlling her, giving her excuses as to why things need to be done a certain way, and why she cannot be allowed to do certain things. Rhys ends up saving her from making a huge mistake, and here is where I started to love him. He may have given you icky, gross, feelings Under the Mountain, but we find out that it was all an act that Rhys has been putting on for decades in order to save his people, Prythian as a whole, and ultimately Feyre as well. I don’t care what people say, he is exactly the person she needs by her side, supportive, encouraging, loving, and most importantly, non controlling. I’m still fuming at Tamlin for locking her in his mansion.
I loved the ending. I don’t know if I have ever been more excited to read the next book in a series, and it took an amazing amount of self control for me to not open it before writing this review. I cannot believe I waited so long to begin reading these books.
Nonfiction and Nonsense 