A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas

 

My thoughts

Graphic Audio

I listened to the graphic audio of this and boy it was good. Like watching a movie without the actual screen. I had no problem picturing it in my mind though. The end of last year and so far this year I have been stepping out of my comfort zone and trying a different genre of book and audio. While I listen to the book I also read along with my physical copy or ecopy. What a way to read. It's been so much fun....

I got this series as a gift and decided to start reading them between ARCs that I have pledged to read. I honestly wish I had not got the arcs now. lol I would love nothing more than to sit here and finish this series. This first book has been excellent and from what I understand it only gets better with each book.

In this one there are humans and faeries. Feyre is a human who has to go live with a high fae because she killed a wolf who was one of the faeries. While he was on human land she did still kill him and she has to pay for that when a huge and very scary wolf breaks in and demands she come with him. Her life is never going to be the same. Feyre has no choice but to go in order to save her two sisters and her father.

I'll spare you the about part as you can read that in the synopsis. This book was so well done. The audio was perfection and with a long list of characters. It had a full cast to play each person. The story is very good. Scary in the right places and keeps you on edge in some. You go with Feyre along this journey as she learns how to live in this faerie land. Gets to know her captor Tamlin. She is free to do things but can never leave. She is no longer hungry and very poor. This story takes you through all she endures at the hands of her captor. The good and the bad.

With graphic audios this book was divided into two audios. It's not really that long but with a full cast I can see where they had to divide it up a bit. The sound effects were so good and realistic. The narrators did a magnificent job of doing the scenes. You felt as though you was there. From loud growls to little sounds of rain. Footsteps to wind. It's all done so you feel it. This book gave me quite a few emotions too. 

I'll read more by this author for sure. I can't wait to jump into the next book in this series.

Five huge stars for me. 

About

The sexy, action-packed first book in the #1 New York Times bestselling Court of Thorns and Roses series from Sarah J. Maas.

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 the faerie lands. An ancient, wicked shadow is growing, and Feyre must find a way to stop it, or doom Tamlin-and his world-forever.

From bestselling author Sarah J. Maas comes a seductive, breathtaking book that blends romance, adventure, and faerie lore into an unforgettable read.