REVIEW 8~~ A COURT OF THORNS AND ROSES

A COURT OF THORNS AND ROSES

AUTHOR- SARAH J. MAAS

MY RATING-5/5

“I love you,’ he whispered, and kissed my brow. ‘Thorns 

and all.” ― Sarah J. Maas, A Court of Thorns and Roses

SYNOPSIS:

Feyre, a nineteen year old girl goes to hunt in a forest near them. She hunts down a wolf instead and thinks nothing of it. But she was wrong. It was a faerie. That night a beast like creature appears and demands her life for the life she had taken. But according to a treaty she is allowed to life on a magical land along with the beast like creature,a faerie though she would not be allowed to ever see her family again.

Afraid of what will happen to her family, she decides to go with the beast. After reaching the magical lands of faries she realizes that the beast that had come to take her was infact not a beast but a handsome and dangerously powerful High Lord among the seven High Lords of the land named TAMLIN. Initially Feyre is suspicious of Tamlin. As time passes she realizes that the faeries are not as bad as she had heard of them and that a dark force in fact threats the lands of the faeries and also the human realm.

MY THOUGHTS:

To be honest i did not pick up this book last year thinking it was an overhyped book. But this year since "A court of mist and fury" had released, i thought of picking up this book. And OH MY LORD!! This book is one of the most fantastic book i have read this year till now. Sarah has written a fantastic book.A perfect plot,perfect world building to die for characters and and amazing story. This story is a retelling of Beauty and the Beast. Though this book is a retelling it has its own interesting story plots and its own twist and turns.This book just blew my mind.

Feyre is such an amazing character. She is bold and a daredevil. At the same time she is caring toward her family and considerate of everyone's feelings. She is really intelligent and is aware of every situation. Loyal to her feelings she finds herself in really dangerous situations.Each and every character in this book has stole my heart. No character was deemed useless. Each character had their own background and a back story. And each of them were woven together beautifully. I must say it was just flawless to see so many characters intertwined together by the fate they had to face.

I found myself loving all the characters. Even the bad boys had my heart. Tamlin is the love interest and oh my God!!! He is just perfect. Not only is he handsome but strong and fierce.He is kind and loving towards all his subjects. The chemistry between Feyre and Tamlin is to die for. It was like i was there in that place with them watching them have all those conversations. I loved to see the slow growth in their relationship. Even the growth of these characters from the first till the last page was really something to appreciate.

And can i say i am also in love with Rhysand? He is intriguing but at the same time he seems to be lovable and naughty(which i like). I am really curious to see how his anti hero role progresses. 

The relationships in this book are really admirable. The relationship between Feyre and her family was really fascinating.The love she had for her elder sisters and for her father was something to really look forward to. She loved them no matter what and thought of them before her. She was always worried for their safety and had done what needed to be done for keeping them safe. I loved the romance between Tamlin and Feyre. It was bitter-sweet. I wanted to be in Fayre's position. I just wanted to be that character. There is a little bit of adult content but not too much. I felt it was necessary for the story.

The world building in this story was remarkable. The world is divide into two. The faerie Realm and the human Realm and none is allowed to visit the other. The history of the faerie world in itself and its history with the humans was really rich and fascinating. It left me intrigued wanting to know more of it. The world and the magic was not at all hard to understand.It just flowed on beautifully.

All in all i am in love with this book. It is probably the best book i have read till now. I am completely obsessed. Highly recommend this book to all the fantasy lovers out there. It is a must read. An intriguing tale of love,hate and magic. I am really excited to read the next book in this trilogy. A really enjoyable and lovable book if you ever loved fairy tales. 

 

REVIEW 3~~CARRY ON

TITLE- CARRY ON

AUTHOR- RAINBOW ROWELL

RATING-4/5

Siting in the varanda with a cup of tea in my hand, i was reading this book. It was on its very few last pages. I was quite excited about seeing how the story ends. And then the tea in my cup hit the bottom and so did I turn over the last page. The story ended.

Did it just end like that? That was the first question that struck me along with a million other question. But to make the review spoiler free i am not going to reveal the question that i had jotted down in my 'mind diary'.

So here is a recap of the story...

There has been many prophecies that Simon Snow will be "THE GREAT MAGE" of all times. He is going to save the world from the insidious Humdrum. He is studying in a magic school of elites and great magicians. But according to his room-mate Baz he is the worst one to be "THE CHOSEN ONE". Simon cant even do any kind of magic properly without exploding and destroying everything else. He has killed a dragon but that too by mistakenly exploding the magic he had. On their last year of the magic school Baz doesn't come back to join the school and that worries snow very much and then one night he has sees the ghost of Baz's  dead mother. And thus unfurls a story full of magic, monsters, vampires..  hmmmmmmmm now thats what i call interesting stuff.

WORLD BUILDING- The magic system in this book is really awesome. Its intertwined between our modern world where we can see them talking about phones and computers. But on the other side we see them talking about the magic world. The vampires, ghosts,dragons and all the other good stuffs that i obviously drool to read. The way they perform magic is also very unique. They spell phrases from the poems we read like "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star" and also phrases from Shakespeare's quotes. It puts forward the importance of words and phrases and quotes and the impact they have. It shows us its value which i found to be really really interesting.

CHARACTER-  OMG!!! Can i simply say that i love love love love the two very important characters in this book "SIMON" and "BAZ".. Kyaaaaaaa i need those boys in my life. They made me have "WHAT THE  ****" moments.. OMG how can they soo cute.. i just cant get enough of them. At some point in the book i was sooo engrossed i just could not put it down.
THE MAGE(headmaster of the school) on the other hand i did not like very much. Actually to be honest i had a love-hate relationship with his character. He obviously had something dark and at the same time he had goodness as well... WHY WHY i dont want to be in the middle of this feeling.

There is a lot of romance as well in this book. Between some people(Not gonna say much.. u need to read to find that part out.. and i guarantee its gonna be a good one ;) ) Though i haven't read any other Rainbow Rowell book but i heard that u should be reading "FANGIRL" before reading this book as the base of some characters are build there. But i did not find it to be less interested even without reading the fangirl. All the world building is perfectly done in this book as well.

The only thing i was not so happy about is the fact that i could predict the ending and not predict it as well. It was like some of it was coming to me before it had actually occurred so i missed some of the punches that was going to bang me hard if i didn't already feel it coming. What can i do i an too intelligent u know!! :P

All in all i think this book is very much worth reading. And if u dont try to predict the ending like i did (thanks to my pure imaginative power) you would have this book on your top shelves i bet that. It just might become your favourite book. But OMG!! this book had its moment and that just threw me off my seat. I will highly highly recommend this book to everyone. Its one of a kind.

P.S- I LOVE THE COVER DEPICTING THE TWO BOYS FACING EACH OTHER.. <3 <3