A Court of Wings and Ruin
Sarah J. Maas, 2017
Fantasy Mystery, thriller & crimeYoung adultContemporary fiction
A fantasy romance of war, winged courts and dangerous bargains, where love is a weapon and every alliance has teeth. Passion and power drive a dramatic, war-shadowed romance, with tender alliances and bargains that keep every scene tense.
Feels like passion and tenderness. About love, power and war.
Who it’s for
You may like it if you enjoy fantasy romance with winged courts, bargains and a large cast bound by love and war. The war plot brings violence and grief, and the romantic drama runs high.
Why read it
It gives you a high-stakes fantasy romance where loyalty and desire are tested against war, and every alliance carries real danger.
A page from the book
The split second before someone chooses to stay.
Nesta looked at the king with death twining around his hands, then down at Cassian. And covered Cassian’s body with her own. Cassian went still - then his hand slid over her back. Together. They’d go together. Sarah J. Maas.The series began as a loose retelling of Beauty and the Beast, with the Scots ballad Tam Lin woven in.
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Questions readers ask
- Is A Court of Wings and Ruin for me?
- You may like it if you enjoy fantasy romance with winged courts, bargains and a large cast bound by love and war. The war plot brings violence and grief, and the romantic drama runs high.
- What is A Court of Wings and Ruin like?
- Passion and power drive a dramatic, war-shadowed romance, with tender alliances and bargains that keep every scene tense. Feels like passion and tenderness. About love, power and war.
- What should I read after A Court of Wings and Ruin?
- If you liked A Court of Wings and Ruin, try The War of Two Queens (Jennifer L. Armentrout), Rebel Witch (Kristen Ciccarelli) and Lightlark (Alex Aster).
A taste of the feed
The kind of vow that would hold even if the world burned down.
Whether she ruled over all the lands and seas or was the Queen of nothing but a pile of ashes and bones she would - will - always be my Queen. Love is too weak an emotion to describe how she consumes me and what I feel for her. She is my everything.
The War of Two Queens · Jennifer L. Armentrout
The one force no regime has ever managed to outlaw.
The problem with love is the more you try to destroy it, the stronger it becomes. It might look like weakness on the surface. But in truth, it’s tougher than steel. Love can’t be controlled. Love can’t obey unjust laws. Love will always oppose tyrants.
Rebel Witch · Kristen Ciccarelli
What it sounds like when someone could ruin you and chooses not to.
I could open a black hole that would swallow the beach. I could turn the sea dark as ink and kill everything inside of it. I could demolish the castle, brick by brick, from where we stand. I could take you back to Nightshade lands with me right now.” His voice was deep as dreams, dark as nightmares. “I could do all of those things.” His lips pressed against the top of her ear, for just a moment. “And I might—if I didn’t think you would hate me for it.
Lightlark · Alex Aster
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