A review by skillyillian
A Court of Frost and Starlight by Sarah J. Maas

emotional hopeful inspiring lighthearted slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

I loved this little respite for Feyre and Rhys before getting into the next book. They still have a lot to learn and settle into now and we get to see that before Silver Flames starts. I do wish there was more to it, because I love me a good slice of life story, but I was happy to get what we got. (Spoiler is for this book and the next)

I wish we'd gotten feyre's pregnancy in this book instead. It would've fit better for them to talk about it, and then continue the story with it actually happening, and ending with the birth. I wish we'd gotten to see how they discovered the pregnancy, and the promise they made, and Rhys finding out it would likely kill feyre. There was so much to that story that we didn't get because Silver Flames was focused on Nesta, even to the point of the birth being about her, and not the two people actually going through the birth. I said it in my SF review and stand by it, the pregnancy/birth story should've been in this book, and putting it in SF was my least favorite SJM moment.