It was so great to see Tamlin finally get what he had coming to him. He thought he was being so romantic and heroic, sacrificing his court and all of Prythian by making a deal with the devil in order to get the woman he wanted back. But he was just a crazy fool who lost everything because he was too stubborn to listen to reason and consider compromising, and too prideful to believe that maybe Feyre really didn’t want to be with him. I don’t even feel a little bit bad about what happened to him and his court. I think I might have a slight problem, in that I get entirely too excited when I hear or read about people getting justly punished for their wrongs.
Besides my absolute glee over the first part of the book, the rest of it was amazing. Intrigue, intricate planning, secret missions, betrayal, one on one combat and huge battles, and, most importantly, romance and spice between Feyre and Rhys. And we finally get to meet all the High Lords of Prythian, along with their most trusted advisors, love interests, and family. I had to take a few notes when I got to the chapters detailing the meeting of all these characters. It was hard to keep up with who came from what court, what their special powers were, and who had a grudge against who for whatever reason. The best part was how feisty everyone from the Night Court got when Tamlin couldn’t keep his mouth shut about Feyre and when the men of the Autumn Court were too disrespectful towards Mor. I would love to read those scenes again for the first time.
I was convinced that someone important, someone that I liked, was going to die in the huge battle that the book was leading up to. When the characters I had predicted might be on the chopping block were still alive at the end of the book I was both surprised and relieved. But, there are two more books in this series, and Maas is writing a sixth as we speak. I don’t want to think what might happen to some of these characters in the two books that I have left to read and the one that will be out in the future. Happy endings are great, but deep down, I think I might want a little more drama? Maybe I will get it in the fourth book, A Court of Frost and Starlight. Although, from what I have heard, fans of the series like this book the least. Maybe I won’t be amongst them.
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