This is the ...fourth? Companion? Next step in the story bridge book? Not really sure what to consider this. I'm just going to call it the fourth book for my peace of mind. I reviewed the previous three books: A COURT OF THORNS AND ROSES, A COURT OF MIST AND FURY, and A COURT OF WINGS AND RUIN. If you don't want anything spoiled for the previous three books, then don't read this blog post.
This book contains scenes of sex and violence; if you don't like reading about those aspects of humanity, I would suggest not reading this book.
ALSO. So I haven't complained about any of the covers previously for doing the half a head thing...because on the back cover, there's the the top half of Feyre's head STARING INTO YOUR SOUL. For some reason, this book is the only one out of the entire series that doesn't have the top half of Feyre's head on the back cover. WHAT GIVES. There was a great theme going here and now no cares?! What is this!? AND, AND, where are the tattoos on Feyre's spine? With how much of her back we can see, we should be able to see a glimpse of those spine tattoos. GEEZ.
Anyways, an amazon summary, "Narrated by Feyre and Rhysand, this bridges the events in A Court of Wings and Ruin and the upcoming novels in the series.
New in the #1 New York Times bestselling Court of Thorns and Roses series, A Court of Frost and Starlight is a glimpse into the lives of Feyre and Rhys as they begin to recover from the war that changed their world.
Feyre, Rhysand, and their close-knit circle of friends are still busy rebuilding the Night Court and the vastly-changed world beyond. But Winter Solstice is finally near, and with it, a hard-earned reprieve. Yet even the festive atmosphere can't keep the shadows of the past from looming. As Feyre navigates her first Winter Solstice as High Lady, she finds that those dearest to her have more wounds than she anticipated -- scars that will have a far-reaching impact on the future of their Court." AMAZON LINK OF JUSTICE
This book is really a collection of narratives as the night court slowly begins to rebuild after the war in the last book. The city of Velaris is rebuilding and the people are starting to get ready for the Winter Solstice (their major winter season, gift giving holiday). Tensions are still high amongst the courts, especially after the fall of the wall and the battle with Hybern... but they seem to be slowly working to peace.
This book is told from multiple perspectives of main characters we've gotten to the know over the course of the other three books and we also get some of their stories that have long been hinted at from previous encounters with other characters. It was also nice to see how some of the relationships are changing and playing out between the friends within the court of dreams.
I will say, I am actually pretty shocked at how different Elain and Nesta are in this book. Nesta in the previous book was very resolute, steel, killing, cunning, etc but would still do the right thing. In this book, she's like an absolute drunk hell bent on destroying herself. Elain seems to finally be making a recovery, but it just seems to be at odds with what happened with Graysen in the last book. I'm more excited about Elain getting better, than I am about Nesta's weird descent into what appears to be alcoholism.
Overall, I still enjoyed reading the book, seeing all these characters again, but since this is a bridge book, I don't think too much substance was given to it. Just enough until we get the next book.
Happy reading!
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