Books that demand to be read in one sitting.

A Court of Thorns and Roses

A Court of Thorns and Roses - Sarah J. Maas

Feyre's survival rests upon her ability to hunt and kill – the forest where she lives is a cold, bleak place in the long winter months. So when she spots a deer in the forest being pursued by a wolf, she cannot resist fighting it for the flesh. But to do so, she must kill the predator and killing something so precious comes at a price ...

Dragged to a magical kingdom for the murder of a faerie, Feyre discovers that her captor, his face obscured by a jewelled mask, is hiding far more than his piercing green eyes would suggest. Feyre's presence at the court is closely guarded, and as she begins to learn why, her feelings for him turn from hostility to passion and the faerie lands become an even more dangerous place. Feyre must fight to break an ancient curse, or she will lose him forever. 

In a vaguely ancient-Celtic world (whose map, at the beginning of the book, strongly resembles the British Isles) where the faeries regularly war with one another, engage in back-stabbing intrigue, and massacre hapless victims of all species, humans struggle to survive on the tiny bit of territory the faeries have left them. 

Nineteen-year-old Feyre, the youngest child in a merchant family that's lost all its money, keeps her father and sisters alive by hunting in the woods, but one day in the dead of winter, when they're all about to starve, she kills a huge wolf.

 Before long, a huge, ferocious beast comes from the faery world to take revenge and drags Feyre off to his kingdom. Once there, her shape-shifting captor drops his disguise (though he retains claws throughout), revealing himself as Tamlin, a High Fae and, it turns out, a perfect host, despite the mask that never leaves his face. Surrounded by beauty and kindness in A COURT OF THORNS AND ROSES, Feyre soon begins to fall in love with Tamlin -- and to learn more about the terrible curse that hangs over him and his people.

ACOTAR is the first book of my favourite series ever, written by the exceptionally talented writer, Sarah J. Maas.

This book is a retelling of the fairy tale, the Beauty and the Beast, but with an exceptional storyline which grips you within the first page and leaves you hanging in ways that you can't imagine.

As the first book in a series, it seems as though (in the beginning) that it's not going to be an interesting story, and that it's clear who the bad guys are, and who the good guys are. Everything works out for Feyre and all their problems are solved by the last page.

How wrong you all are. 

It's not a usual, cliché love story too, no matter how that theory will test you with this first book. All I will say, is that don't trust ANYBODY.

Now, go read this fantastic book and come back for the next review!!

Stars: 4 1/2

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