A Court of Wings and Ruin (Court of Thorns and Roses, #3)

by Sarah J. Maas

[Berls]

4.5 stars

My first thought when I started listening to this book was "WHAT?! They changed the narrator?!" I will never understand why narrators are changed mid-series, at least not one the original one was fantastic. I would rather have a delayed audiobook release than switch narrators. That being said, Amanda Leigh Cobb did do a really good job with this book and her voices were not too jarringly different. It just was a bit of shock/disappointment to lose Jennifer Ikeda.

I'm trying to figure out how to review this without spoiling because this is the the book of reveals and twists upon twists. Like, something twists, then twists again, and then bam! one more twist! It keeps you on your toes. But not annoyingly, just this is a war with many sides and players and who you can trust is a constantly changing landscape. One twist I totally called and might have cheered when it came true at the final battle! Sarah J Maas wrote the war brilliantly. There's so many different sides - spying and intrigue, planning, deception, failure and victory, chaotic battles and "orderly" battles. If you like fantasy and action packed stories, this one is definitely for you.

The plot was fantastic, but the characters were even more so. Some of that bleeds into plot, since trying to figure out what's real and what's deception in each character is such a huge part of this book. But I loved the relationships (both romantic and friendship/family), loved seeing more of Feyre's sisters, and loved getting to know more histories on some of our already established favorites. There's this one part with Feyre - toward the end, so I don't want to spoil anything but - I loved that it was about loving yourself, even the not-so-great bits.

I am so glad I was able to finally reread the first 2 book and wrap up this trilogy! I realize there are more books - but for me, they aren't part of the original trilogy and are more like a spin off than a continuation, since we're switching main characters. I will probably read them eventually, because I do LOVE the characters they're focused on, but for the time being I'm content with this book as my ending.