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A Court of Silver Flames by Sarah J. Maas

 


SYNOPSIS

Nesta Archeron has always been prickly-proud, swift to anger, and slow to forgive. And ever since being forced into the Cauldron and becoming High Fae against her will, she's struggled to find a place for herself within the strange, deadly world she inhabits. Worse, she can't seem to move past the horrors of the war with Hybern and all she lost in it.

The one person who ignites her temper more than any other is Cassian, the battle-scarred warrior whose position in Rhysand and Feyre's Night Court keeps him constantly in Nesta's orbit. But her temper isn't the only thing Cassian ignites. The fire between them is undeniable, and only burns hotter as they are forced into close quarters with each other.

Meanwhile, the treacherous human queens who returned to the Continent during the last war have forged a dangerous new alliance, threatening the fragile peace that has settled over the realms. And the key to halting them might very well rely on Cassian and Nesta facing their haunting pasts.

Against the sweeping backdrop of a world seared by war and plagued with uncertainty, Nesta and Cassian battle monsters from within and without as they search for acceptance-and-healing-in each other's arms.

REVIEW

Since the last time we saw Nesta in the previous instalment of ACOTAR, we have all come to accept her biting and incorrigible behaviour. But it is far more comprehensible that from the beginning of A Court of Silver Flames, that there might be something more to Nesta that meets the eye - rather in her silver eyes.

Compared to other Sarah J. Maas fiction, it appears that in the case of this book, she has chosen themes that are far more relatable today, to anyone who might be currently feeling down, lonely or that disappointing feeling that they are not good enough. Maas, instead remedies all these feelings of the present day in a glorious depiction of mental health and the journey that Nesta goes through to be picked up by not only Cassian, but ultimately to help save herself.

It is fascinating to see how Maas portrays with Nesta and her own friends, that sometimes when we are feeling down, it is best to open up to those closest, or to share with people with similar feelings. Because as Maas says, all stories are worth telling no matter how much you feel the opposite.

I think there was some reservations by many readers as to how Maas was going to portray such a important topic such as mental health and how it is not always something that can be fixed as easy as a broken object, but I think that she did a wonderful job - I may have also shed a tear in hope, sadness as well as surprise. It was a perfect treatment for those four days, where not only I was able to share in the journey of Nesta, but also be able to see a part of my own soul in her.

RATING: **** (FOUR STARS)

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