A Court of Frost and Starlight by Sarah Maas is the fourth book in the ACOTAR series.
In this one we pick up, what seems like a few months after the final battle. Feyre, Rhys and their court–their family–are attempting to put back the pieces of their life. Velaris and the Night Court is recovering from the brutal attack that ravaged it’s people only a few months prior and all of the courts are rebuilding and trying find their places in this new world without a wall and without an all-powerful tyrant.
This book shows us the aftermath… what comes after the battle to end all battles. We glimpse each of our favorite characters and see how they are fairing both mentally and physically.
This book can best be described as the afterword you’ve always wanted. Often, you are left wondering what’s next for your favorite characters… well in this one you find out. We see the love between Rhys and Feyre, the distance between Elaine and Lucian, the explosion that is Nesta and Cassian, and all of our favorite Night Court friends and allies. If that is all you wanted, well, then this is the book for you.
It was not the book for me. I felt like I was promised a continuation of the series I have become invested in. I thought we were getting that insight into the sisters and a farewell to a story that was branching off in another direction. Instead, what we get is a 250+ page fluff piece, with little action and too, too much emotion. The way everyone was talking about this book, I expected it to be so much more. The only time I felt like I was entering a new story, set in this world, was the sneak peek we are given at the end.
I know I am bashing here but the book ended and I literally said, out loud, what was that?! I just kept waiting for something to happen. Yes, we get hints at struggles to come but we primarily get fluffed up emotions and not much else. We glimpse other characters but we don’t learn anything about them. This is all Rhys and Feyre and their love that will never die……..
Sigh. I didn’t get what I was looking for and I felt like I was promised something else. So this one gets 2.5 stars from me. Please give me more of the Maas goodness I know and love in the next one! And action! More action!
That’s all for now!
-M-