A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas

 A Court of Thorns and Roses (ACOTAR)

by Sarah J. Maas

Hello there :) Here I am with another review of the first book of a saga that has been populating the bookstagram. 

Check out my last review about One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez :)

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Today's review will be about the book A Court of Thorns and Roses, known also with the acronym ACOTAR, by the American author Sarah J. Maas. 

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It is a pretty recent young adult fantasy novel, written in 2015 and followed by other five books: A Court of Mist and Fury; A Court of Wings and Ruins; A Court of Frost and Starlight; A Court of Silver Flames. 

The story follows the journey of the human girl, Feyre Archeron, beginning with her struggled life with her father and her two sisters, Nesta and Elain. Their survival rests upon Feyre's ability to hunt and kill. The forest where she lives is a cold place with long winter months. So when she finally spots a deer after a long time of starvation, this animal gets followed by a wolf, and she can't resist hunting it for the flesh and the fur. But by doing so, she kills the predator and killing something so precious always comes at a price. 

Turns out, this wolf was Andras, a faerie from an ancient magical kingdom behind the wall that separates Prythian from the mortal realm. 

She is then being dragged into Prythian for the murder of a magical being, which goes against the treaty between faeries and humans, according to Tamlin, her new captor. His face, obscured by a jewelled mask, is hiding far more than piercing green eyes. 

Her presence at the court is closely guarded, and as she begins to learn why, she will have to deal with an evil blight and curses that are not going to only threaten Prythian, but the human world as well. Her feelings for Tamlin turn from hostility to passion as the lands become even more dangerous. 

Feyre must break an ancient curse to fight the blight that is going to change things forever. Will she able to? Will things change? 

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I started this book because everyone on Bookstagram seems to be obsessed with it, but I've heard lots of reviews, either good and bad, some of them saying that the book was really boring, and to be honest, that's exactly how I felt through the whole book. 

While I was reading it, I was leaving small thoughts about it on Goodreads and Instagram as I do with all the book I read, and some people commented to me that yes, sadly the first part is a bit slow but from the half of the book it becomes more interesting. To be fair, though, I didn't get to the interesting part at all. Once I finished it, I was really glad it was over :/

So my vote is 2/5.

If you like faeries and young adult fantasy, though, you should give it a try. This is just my opinion, maybe you'll enjoy it ;)