I cannot understand why people seem to dislike this book. I thought it was really nice. The story was nice and it was nice to see the characters get a break for once. I liked getting a glimpse of them living their normal day to day lives as they healed mentally while rebuilding their court. Depending on how the next book begins, I do see this as maybe being a book that you could skip over and not miss out on any of the plot as the story continues.
I found it to be a welcome break for my mind, one that I am grateful to have had when I looked at the size of book five. In fact, compared to the rest of the books in this series, this book is almost like a short story when you look at its length in comparison. This took me only a few hours to read rather than a few days. I can see how Maas used her love of fairy tales in the writing of this story, it was pretty tame when compared to the rest of them and had the most overall happy feeling out of all of them too.
Having said that, I predict that A Court of Silver Flames will mirror the atmosphere of the first three books. I don’t think there will be a war, unless those mortal queens do decide to start something, I think it will be a lot of spying, planning, and prevention. I am looking forward to seeing where this part of the story goes, and maybe getting a glimpse of the continent that everyone keeps talking about.
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