A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas

BATB Score: 3/10 🥀

*reader discretion advised* BATB truly dislike fantasy (romantic?) fiction - ugh cringe; will not be continuing on the route to complete all 5 series - byeeee

Best as: Amazon Q3’24 top 10 most read fiction books; so might as well give it a try as a true book enthusiast

Best to: the first 300 pages was so slow and boring BATB score 0/10; the last 100 pages, wasn’t too bad but wasn’t that great either

Best for: damsel in distress meets beauty and the beast meets Stockholm syndrome meets games of thrones meets maze runner meets the sandworm from DUNE meets a riddle? meets a vampire twilight cure meets true love

BATB lingering thought: why were the sexy scenes and romantic dialogues so cringey and odd?

Best quote: SOLVE THIS RIDDLE

“There are those who seek me a lifetime but never we meet, And those I kiss but who trample me beneath ungrateful feet.

At times I seem to favor the clever and the fair, But I bless all those who are brave enough to dare.

By large, my ministrations are soft-handed and sweet, But scorned, I become a difficult beast to defeat.

For though each of my strikes lands a powerful blow, When I kill, I do it slow…”