A Court of Thorns and Roses

First Lines Fridays: December 20, 2019

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First Lines Fridays is a weekly feature for book lovers hosted by Wandering Words. What if instead of judging a book by its cover, its author or its prestige, we judged it by its opening lines?

  • Pick a book off your shelf (it could be your current read or on your TBR) and open to the first page
  • Copy the first few lines, but don’t give anything else about the book away just yet – you need to hook the reader first
  • Finally… reveal the book!

First Lines:

The forest had become a labyrinth of snow and ice.

Did the quote pique your interest? View this book on Goodreads!

First Lines Fridays: July 13, 2018

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First Lines Fridays is a weekly feature for book lovers hosted by Wandering Words. What if instead of judging a book by its cover, its author or its prestige, we judged it by its opening lines?

  • Pick a book off your shelf (it could be your current read or on your TBR) and open to the first page
  • Copy the first few lines, but don’t give anything else about the book away just yet – you need to hook the reader first
  • Finally… reveal the book!

First Lines:

The forest had become a labyrinth of snow and ice.

Did the quote pique your interest? View this book on Goodreads!

April 2017 Wrap-Up

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A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas
(A Court of Thorns and Roses, book 1)
Rating:  ★★★★☆
Reading Dates:  April 12 – 13
Read Count:  2
Favorite Thing:  Rhys, the very last time he speaks to Feyre. (I won’t say more in case people haven’t read this before.)
Least Favorite Thing:  Tamlin still gives me the heebie-jeebies even when I’m supposed to be liking him. I told someone when I first read it, there was something about him I didn’t like, and rereading it just reinforced that feeling of icky-ness I get from his behavior. He just always feels very manipulative and reminds me of an ex or two…

Tamlin is actually the reason I only read this book once, even though I read the sequel (A Court of Mist and Fury) 4 or 5 times. This reread happened because I knew I would need the Spring Court people fresh in my mind for A Court of Wings and Ruin.

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Just finished A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas

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(Actually I finished it several hours ago, but I didn’t know I had anything to say so….shut up.)

Basically it’s like this:

  1. If you haven’t read it, you should, it’s awesome. I actually forgot that I’d been told it was a retelling of beauty and the beast, so that was a nice surprise a few chapters in.
  2. It get’s a bit tedious for a minute, but it doesn’t last too long and it’s worth it. I’ll also admit, the ending will probably feel a tad rushed, but it’s still nice and definitely leaves you wanting a sequel so if that was the goal, spot on Maas.
  3. FOR REAL IS THERE GOING TO BE A SEQUEL BECAUSE I NEED TO SEE SOME SHIT WITH RHYS I JUST LOVE THE LITTLE SHIT I’M SORRY
  4. Lucien is a precious little snark-fest.
  5. Tamlin/Feyre gives me the heebie-jeebies like when I see a friend who’s in an emotionally abusive/manipulative relationship and they can’t see it yet and I’m like cringing and trying to think of how to gently inform them that their SO is toxic as fuck…
  6. I totally like Rhys, if I have to pick a ship, I’m going with Rhys/Feyre
  7. WHY MAAS OBSESSED WITH SEXUAL FAERIE BITES???? IT WAS WEIRD IN QUEEN OF SHADOWS, THIS TIME IT WAS CREEPY (I know they weren’t published in that order, fight me.)
  8. Stormageddon the Cat found the book extremely comfy for laying on while I tried to read so kudos there, publishers.
  9. I have more to say, but I can’t seem to talk without spoiling shit…