{"id":2728,"date":"2017-02-24T19:57:14","date_gmt":"2017-02-24T14:27:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fableandi.com\/?p=2728"},"modified":"2020-03-05T15:22:57","modified_gmt":"2020-03-05T09:52:57","slug":"acotar-acomaf-sarah-j-maas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thebooksatchel.com\/acotar-acomaf-sarah-j-maas\/","title":{"rendered":"ACOTAR and ACOMAF by Sarah J Maas – To Read or Not to Read"},"content":{"rendered":"
Beauty and the Beast is a favourite story of mine. Yes, the Disney version made me fall head over heels with it. That took me to the Courts of Sarah J Mass, retellings of the old fairytale. Since A Court of Ruin and War<\/em>, the highly anticipated third book in the trilogy is due for release in \u00a0May, 2017<\/a><\/span>, here is a quick checklist to help you decide if you should read the first two as soon as possible to celebrate the third book with the rest of the fans.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Note : Both books are marketed as YA. \u00a0ACOMAF even won the Goodreads YA fantasy award. These are not Young Adult reads. There are many explicit sex scenes.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Tamlin \u2013 The Beast. He is masked and so are all the inhabitants of his castle because of a curse<\/p>\n Feyre \u2013 The Beauty. Nineteen year old huntress (in ACOTAR)<\/p>\n Rhysand \u2013 The villain in ACOTAR, more of a hero in ACOMAF<\/p>\n Amarantha \u2013 The villain (in ACOTAR)<\/p>\n <\/p>\n When Feyre kills a wolf in the woods, a beast-like creature arrives to demand retribution for it. Dragged to a treacherous magical land she only knows about from legends, Feyre discovers that her captor is not an animal, but Tamlin\u2014one of the lethal, immortal faeries who once ruled their world. (from Goodreads blurb<\/a><\/span>)<\/p>\n <\/p>\n -The pacing is excellent. It is a page turner and I was hooked to the book<\/p>\n -It is a fast and breezy read.<\/p>\n -The imagination used in the new world is perfect. The Beast and his castle dwellers wear masks because they are cursed by the evil power, Amarantha.<\/p>\n – The Beauty in the Disney version loves books. And Feyre loves painting. She finds solace in it.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n -The world building is almost nil. The setting of the story was excellent, so I naturally wanted to know more about it.<\/p>\n -There is no reason why Feyre falls for Tamlin. Lucien, Tamlin\u2019s friend, spends more time with Feyre and they seem to be really enjoying each other\u2019s company.<\/p>\n – Tamlin is the tamest, broodiest \u2018beast\u2019 that you will ever meet.<\/p>\n -Feyre is drugged by Rhysand, made to wear skimpy clothes and parade around and this is seen as acceptable later on because it was to protect her.<\/p>\n -There are forced kisses which are normalized in the book. The book makes me raise my eyebrows about women and consent.<\/p>\n -Feyre \u2013 I absolutely hated the main character. She is what you call someone written as a strong, independent, rebellious heroine but actually is an ignorant fool who does everything she is told not to do, goes everywhere she is warned not to (with no particular reason, mind you).<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n You want to read an easy, light book. This one was a page turner. I enjoyed the read and got through the whole book in one go. The whole book can be summed up as \u2014 Feyre is warned not to do something \u21d2Feyre does it anyway \u21d2Feyre lands in trouble \u21d2\u00a0Tamlin saves her \u21d2Repeat (with intermittent sex scenes).<\/p>\n <\/p>\n There isn\u2019t much of a plot or world building. So if you are looking for that, better give this one a miss.<\/p>\n <\/p>\nQuick Recap of Characters<\/h3>\n
A Court of Rose and Thorns (ACOTAR)<\/h2>\n
The Good<\/h3>\n
The Bad<\/h3>\n
Pick up ACOTAR if<\/h3>\n
A Court of Mist and Fury (ACOMAF)<\/h2>\n