A Court of Mist and Fury | Everyone Read It…Except Me

After book 1 I was so ready to find more so I rushed to go ahead and purchase every other book in the series. I am going to say right now that I thought about making this a podcast again. At times I have felt it would be so much easier to just talk about what I wanted to say during each of these. A Court of Mist and Fury begins right where we left off and I will tell you I am so torn over all of these characters and what is going on.

SPOILER WARNING: Everything beyond this point is spoilers. If you have not yet read this book and don’t want to know what happens. STOP READING NOW! You have been warned!

It only took me a few hours to get this book finished and that was because I had to stop to make dinner and a few other things. If I had no distractions it wouldn’t have taken me that long. I just devoured this one.

We one again get Feyre’s POV and at times it can be a little frustrating but that is okay. I just would love to have other people’s views as well. Of course she begins in the Spring Court and I was worried that she was going to just shrivel up and die there. It was just so much. Like Tamlin really shows his true colors here. At least it feels like he is and I do have plenty of thoughts on him. I am going to give my thoughts on the two courts and then most of the characters because I think this book really sets up the third nicely.

The Spring Court

Feyre just isn’t doing well here. Tamlin pretty much locks her up constantly. She just wants to go beyond the garden and he is like “Nope”. She isn’t painting because even seeing the color red makes her ill. She throws up every single night, has nightmares, and is struggling with the guilt of having to kill the two young Fae. Not to mention she died and came back. Under the Mountain did a number on her.

It drives me crazy that he is like “We will be married soon and everything will be fine.” That is what a girl just wants to hear. She is so lost and struggling that she doesn’t even tell anyone that her birthday is the same day as the Summer Solstice because she doesn’t want it celebrated. 

Tamlin brings in Ianthe who I will admit I wanted her to die within two pages. This chick is power hungry and doing her best to undermine Feyre at every step. She chooses the ugliest wedding dress ever. It is so bad and when Feyre privately shows it to Tamlin he laughs at it but tells her to wear it since Ianthe chose it. 

When the wedding finally arrives Feyre is ready to say no when she walks up the aisle. In fact, she begs anyone to help her in her head. Rhysand answers that plea by showing up and saying it is time to get his week. Remember, they made a bargain in the first one.  So he takes her to The Night Court, which we will get to shortly. 

She does her week and comes back to an even more controlling Tamlin and Ianthe. I will say that Lucien really irritated me here. I hated that he never seems to be able to speak up about her treatment. Although anytime he does attempt he is told no ro to mind his business. He is a guest in this court after all. Feyre continues to not eat and just becomes so depressed. The second time that Rhysand comes to get her he notices right away how much weight she has lost. He even asks Tamlin if they have a food shortage. She goes to do her second week at The Night Court. Of course when she returns it is getting worse and I think this is where things really turned.

Her love for Tamlin has been slowly starting to shift. He won’t allow her to do things. She is beginning to notice his temper a bit more. She even later on, says how she must have been so lonely and starved for affection that she latched on to the first person to show her any kindness. It all comes to head for her when Tamlin locks her inside his manor. She has a full scale meltdown until Mor (you will meet her in The Night Court) walks through the door and takes her. 

The Night Court

I loved this and all of the people. There is so much love and wonder here not to mention life. You immediately learn why Rhysand did the things he did to protect his people. We meet the inner circle (which I will discuss below) and I love how they each work to not only befriend Feyre but help her through her depression. Help her become stronger, to learn her powers, and be her own person. She is given the freedom to choose for the first time. They aren’t perfect people at all. They are flawed and honestly, each a sort of outcast in his or her own way. 

Here she gets strong and finds her voice. She becomes what she was always meant to be. Here she trains, she struggles, and finds a family who loves her for her. They ask little of her and so very much at the same time. They know that a war is brewing and begin to work together to figure out to either stop it or win it. There are so many wonderful moments here that is hard to name them all.

Main Characters (So Far)

Feyre: I love that she feels so much even though she is now Fae. When she gave the sea witch her jewelry because the witch and her sisters were starving and couldn’t pay the Tithe was so wonderful. She knows what it is like to be hungry and just feels so bad. I hate they made her sit through all of the things they did in The Spring Court.

I will say that I struggled with how angry she gets when she discovers that Rhysand is her mate. She had a fit and he was on the verge of dying. She just leaves in the mud and gets Mor to take her somewhere else. That is the second moment in this book that I have to remind myself that she is only 20 years old. The first is when she writes Tamlin, basically a Dear John letter. I will say though having Mor take her somewhere else does do her a lot of good. She begins to paint again which I think is something she really needed.

Rhysand: He feels just as much as Feyre does. I love some of the stories we learn about him and his Inner Court. I love that when he was young he saw Cassian was staying in a shabby tent, not being given anything at the War Camp they were training at. He brought him in front he cold and even though his mother was angry she took him in and cared for him.

I also love that when he is attacked and maybe dying Feyre tells him about the dresser drawers she painted at her mortal home. After she gets done he tells her of the dreams he had of a human woman. He never saw her face but one night he sent her images of his favorite star filled sky. Also when he tells some of the things that happened to him Under the Mountain, why he did what he did, when he knew Feyre was his mate are some of the best parts of the book.

Tamlin: He made me just so dang mad in this book. Look in the first book he came off as Prince Charming. So wonderful and so perfect. However, once you read this book and go back to the first you start to notice that the mask he was cursed to wear may have been his true self. I am still peeved that he did nothing to help Feyre Under the Mountain and the one time he shows any emotion it is to get with her in the closet. On top of the fact that when they do survive he sleeps like a dang baby that night. Yes he has some nightmares here but to be honest the fact that he doesn’t even bother to get out of the bed to hold her hair bad when she is sick drives me up a wall. Rhysand did just that before they were even a couple.

Lucien: Okay, I still like him but I will say he is less than stellar in this book. He goes in search of Feyre and when she finds he finds her she doesn’t treat him well. I think he is sort of beginning to get lost in this book. He is starting to see Tamlin in a different light here and there. He did his best to try for Feyre but he is a guest in The Spring Court after all. It is not his home and he has nowhere else to go. Yet, when he sees who and what Tamlin bargained with in the end he is appalled. I think that is one thing that will set him up for something more in the future. We shall see.

Nesta: I am still not loving her at this point. Maybe that will change. Although I will say that her reaction to King Hybern is simply the best. She is still hurt and angry throughout this book. I don’t know what happened in her past to make her this way but it is certainly something beyond them losing them money and her mother dying. That anger runs far too deep. 

Elain: Still gets on my last nerve yet at the same time seems to be the only one extending an olive branch. We find out she is engaged to be married here which surprised Feyre. She is a great hostess but is still so very fragile. After coming out of the cauldron I am not sure how she will survive.

The Inner Circle

The Inner Circle are all main characters as well but I felt like I needed to group them together this way. They are important in their own ways and showing that seemed the best way to go.

Morrigan (Mor): Rhysand’s cousin and third-in-command, holding the truth-telling gift. I love Mor! There is something about her and so many secrets she has. I need to know more about what happened to her. I can tell she is going to be a great friend of Feyre’s. 

Amren: An ancient, powerful entity acting as Rhysand’s second-in-command. I am pretty sure she is a fallen angel. There is just something angelic and yet not about her. I bet she was part of God’s army. She is one of my favorite characters at this point. 

Cassian: Powerful Illyrian general of the Night Court armies and lesser in the eyes of most of the Fae. He was brought in front he cold by Rhysland and then spent the next 500 years together as brothers and  friends. He is also the one Mor chose to be her first. It is a sordid mess. I like him. I liked that he got so angry at Nesta but at the same time there was a little something there. Also he calls out Feyre and pushes her to open up. I think he helps her deal with what happened Under the Mountain better than anyone else. 

Azriel: Silent Illyrian spymaster with shadows-singing abilities and so mysterious. I like him but at the same time feel that we don’t get enough of him. I think there is a story or two there and it will be huge when it surfaces.

A Few Other Characters

Suriel: I love all of the interactions with the Suriel. It is a truth-telling wraith-like spirit yet at the same time is so human. There is such a connection between it and Feyre.

King of Hybern:  He is the primary villain seeking to break the wall. He is also the one who has the cauldron, makes a bargain with Tamlin, and throws Nesta and Elain into the cauldron. I’m pretty sure Nesta is going to rip him apart with her bare teeth. 

Ianthe: A High Priestess and manipulative friend of Tamlin who I am pretty sure is attempting to either get with Tamlin herself (along with Lucein) or take power for herself. She is the smiling “let’s be friends” version of Amantha. I hate her!

On to Book Three

At the time I’m writing this I’m already so deep into A Court of Wings and Ruin, and let’s just say…I have thoughts. Lots of them. We’ll talk about those soon. In the meantime, tell me where you agreed with me and where you think I’m completely wrong. I have a feeling this comment section could get interesting.