A Court of Frost and Starlight

I am a diehard fan of this series. That said, this could not have been more of a disappointment. This wasn’t a book, rather it was a short story of two weeks in the lives of characters who are normally complex and are simply in between stories and aren’t sure what to do. There is overwhelmingly long and unnecessary description of shopping for presents, overwhelmingly long and unnecessary description of opening presents, totally unnecessary descriptions of Feyrah having a period, completely ridiculous scenes of warlords having a snowball fight, and heavens above can all the obsession with painting just stop? It is too cliche for this series. Basically the whole thing is just far reaching and doesn’t give us any bit of the characters we have come to love. There is not a plot, it’s simply them existing in Valaris before a plot actually happens. Nothing that happened in the war at the end of the last book seems to matter. Nesta couldn’t be more annoying and tortured, same with Lucian. Nobody has evolved. It seems like an unnecessarily long introduction to a book that never happened. I think all 229 pages could have been summarized in one short chapter. 29 people found this helpful

As a HUGE fan of this series… this was such a disappointment. Paint, buy gifts, and no questions answered. That is the book pretty much summed up. I know that this was a bridge to spin offs but this could have been done so much better. I almost wish that I would never have read it and just read the spin offs. I wanted sooooo much more out of this book after waiting so long for it! 26 people found this helpful

That\’s basically what this is. While I knew it was a novella, I was hoping for something akin to Tower of Dawn, where we\’d see more of the story/character arc for some of the other characters. If you just want to visit with the characters you should enjoy it. I was hoping for a bit more. 23 people found this helpful

I absolutely love this series, but I struggle through the current narrator\’s performance. There is way more distinction between characters and their personalities, and characters speaking and the narrator with Jennifer Ikeda\’s performance in ACOTAR and ACOMAF. Every single character has lost something in this book\’s performance. They actually feel like completely different versions of themselves that aren\’t as complex and well-rounded as they were before. I never thought a voice performance could change a story and its characters so much, but here we are. The book itself is a wonderful companion to ACOWAR. It\’s great to learn more about Velaris and how everyone is fairing after the war. It definitely leaves you looking forward to the next book. 57 people found this helpful

So this was just a “filler” book as I call them. It should not have been marketed as a whole book and should have been a .5, not the next full book in this series. It was short and not a lot of important things going on, or anything for that matter. Pretty sure this was just a book for the author to make more money. Also, the main character, is not the same as she was. In the past books she was strong and independent, in this book… she’s a busy body upper middle class person that drinks wine every night and leads a boring life. Not to mention that this book should have also been titled “50 Shades Of Fairy” because all they talk about is how much they enjoy having “relations” with one another… eye roll. Best advice, don’t waste your credit, you’ll just be disappointed. 21 people found this helpful

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