A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas - Spoiler free entry

A Court of Thorns and Roses is a new book in a new triology by Sarah J. Maas. Also, Sarah herself shortens it to "Acotar" when she speaks about the book, so I'm going to do that aswell in this entry, since "A court of Thorns and Roses" takes forever to say/type. 

Here is what it says in the description of the book:

When nineteen-year-old huntress 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—one of the lethal, immortal faeries who once ruled their world.

As she dwells on his estate, her feelings for Tamlin transform from icy hostility into a fiery passion that burns through every lie and warning she's been told about the beautiful, dangerous world of the Fae. But an ancient, wicked shadow grows over the faerie lands, and Feyre must find a way to stop it . . . or doom Tamlin—and his world—forever.

This entry is going to be spoiler free (as it says in the title) so I'm just going to tell you what I thought of the book in general, about the writing, character development, etcetera. Without spoiling what happens in the book. 

First of all I have to say that I loved this book very very much. And if you've read the Thrones of Glass series you're probably thinking that Sarah could not possibly have made a better book/series than that. But the thing is that you cannot really compare the different series. So far I love them equally much. Both of them are High fantasy, of course, so maybe you could compare the genres of high fantasy; which one you love the most Ad if you cannot choose between the worlds you could choose in which of the books you love the characters the most, etcetera. 

Acotar is in a world where there are humans and there are faeries. Those are the two ruling kinds. Then of course there are monsters and other scary creatures lurking in the forests. In Throne of Glass there are people and monsters and witches and lots of other speecies. And here you could choose which one you love the most. But the reason I don't know which book/series is better is because I can't choose between these to worlds. They are both so freaking awesome in their own way. 

Many authors, when they write different book series, have a tendency to make the characters similar to each other. For example Cassandra Clare. Clary Fray (or whatever you want to call her) from TMI and Tessa Gray from TID are very alike in many ways, an also Will Herondale from TID and Jace (whatever last name you prefer) from TMI are very very much alike. But in acotar and Throne of Glass i have to say that the characters are entirely their own. Of course their could be some similarities between some characters, but no one is a rip off of anyone and if you compare them you cant really say that that person from acotar is like that person from Throne of Glass. If you compare them you are more likely to say "that person from acotar is a little like that person from Throne of Glass when it comes to this, but also a little like this person when it comes to that". So yeah, I think you get it; the characters are original and nobody is perfect. Everyone has flaws, as in reality. And that is another thing I love about Sarah J. Maas's writing. That all the character's have flaws, character development and a real personality. 

As for the plot of the book I really enjoyed it! just the whole idea of it; the world; the people; everyone's purposes in the book; the magic; the back stories; everything! And also the romance was borderline new adult and not YA, so it's a bit more erotic than the Throne of Glass series. And it's just fantastic, I don't know what else to say. 

I'd give the book 9/10 points. I don't actually know why I didn't give it a 10/10 but I just have this feeling that I only could give it a 9. Maybe because I'll need the 10 for the next two books in the series, I don't really know. But anyways, I highly recommend the book to any book lover, or fantasy lover or Throne of Glass lover. Just anyone who has ever given it a thought to start reading the book or heard about. You just have to read it!

~ Filippa ~

The Eternity Cure by Julie Kagawa - A short book review

Hi guys it's Filippa. This morning I finished The Eternity Cure by Julie Kagawa; the sequel to The Immortal Rules.I suggest that you do NOT read this entry if you haven't read the first book, although there won't be spoilers so if you haven't read The Eternity Cure yet you're cool to go. 

So the book is basically about when Allison is searching for her old master Kanin, who has been captured and tortured by a vampire called Sarren. Since Allison is Kanin's daughter she can feel where he is because of the blood bond between them. Also as Kanin gets more tortured he gets weaker, which means that the bond is getting weaker. 

On her search for Kanin she meets an old enemy, Jackal, who is also her blood brother, and surprisingly, he is willing to help her search for Kanin. 

So yeah, that is the plot of the book. And Oh My Freaking God I think I'm in love. For real though, the book was amazing. It's so good I freaking cried when I finished it this morning because I do not have the third part (I need it now!). The writing is really good and the character's are amazing. Everyone has their own flaws, nobody's perfect, and there are character development that you can see if you compare the character's to how they were in the beginning of the first book. 
     Does the book have any flaws? Many actually. But I think that the story is so good that I just kind of look past the flaws. And I've read the book in Swedish so the translation may have something to do with many of the flaws of the book. But as I mentioned; I don't really care about those flaws because I just LOVE LOVE LOVE the storyline and where it's heading. I am kind of obsessed with vampires so that could also be a factor to my love for the book. 

Anyways, I think the second book was better that the first one, so if you've read the first one but not this one I highly recommend that you read it. There are a few plottwists (which are amazing) and it's really dramatic at some points. But the best of all; The ending. The End of the books seriously made me scream and cry and jump up and down. I'm still not able to start reading Paper Towns because I'm hyping over the ending of this book. 

I would give the book 8/10 points in rating, and i recommend it to anyone who has only read the first book. Because I promise you; The Eternity Cure is better than The Immortal Rules. So if you liked the first book you are going to love the second one! 

~ Filippa ~