A Court of Thorns and Roses
by Sarah J. Maas · first published 2013
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When nineteen-year-old huntress Feyre kills a wolf in the woods, a terrifying creature arrives to demand retribution. Dragged to a treacherous magical land she knows about only from legends, Feyre discovers that her captor is not truly a beast, but one of the lethal, immortal faeries who once ruled her world. At least, he's not a beast all the time. As she adapts to her new home, her feelings for the faerie, Tamlin, transform from icy hostility into a fiery passion that burns through every lie she's been told about the beautiful, dangerous world of the Fae. But something is not right in
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…written hockey romance. The author is ignorant about college, hockey, and the US to say the least. • Credence is a contemporary romance that's best known for sex scenes and toxic relationships. • A Court of Thorns and Roses and A Court of Mist and Fury. Both of these are mediocre fantasy romances by Sarah J. Maas; she's the Dan Brown of romance.
on “How to succeed in MrBeast production (Leaked PDF)” ↗…Romance is a Happily Ever After; the conflict(s) are resolved and the world is put right again. There's are otherwise few limits, as far as I understand it, and some exceptions I'd still call Romance. A Court of Thorns and Roses (by Maas), for example, is a series with ongoing conflicts across the books. I can count on standalone Romance novels resolving without much uncertainty, at least not in the short term. I've also read…
on “We Can't Compete with AI Girlfriends” ↗…Non-fiction: 3 out of 20, including the 1st (prince Harry's biography; about 1.8m until end H1) Non-genre fiction: 3 out of 20 Historical fiction: 1 out of 20 The first and only fantasy novel is the 11th: A Court of Thorns and Roses, which at 350k until end H1 is a breakaway success in fantasy. Thrillers: 1 The number for e-books could very well shift that somewhat, but if you follow some writers on social media, you'll see romance…
on “Bill Watterson's Life After "Calvin and Hobbes"” ↗I recognize "A Court of Thorns and Roses" because my wife likes to complain about it. To hear her tell it, they're middling fantasy novels that are popular because they include graphic sex, but otherwise have a stereotypical plot and flat main…
on “Utah outlaws books by Judy Blume and Sarah J Maas in first statewide ban” ↗…women of today. By the same token, although I read Twilight and Hunger Games, I never was obsessed like the girls in my classes were. I can’t imagine that boys today are particularly interested in A Court Of Thorns and Roses and the other spiritual successors of Hunger Games, Divergent, Twilight, etc.
on “Children and young people's reading in 2025” ↗