Language : English
Paperback : 272 pages
ISBN-10 : 1526617188
ISBN-13 : 978-1526617187
Book Blurb
In this companion tale to the bestselling A Court of Thorns and Roses series, Feyre, Rhys and their friends are working to rebuild the Night Court and the vastly changed world beyond after the events of A Court of Wings and Ruin.
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.
My Review
A Court of Frost and Starlight is the fourth book in Sarah J Mass’s A Court of Thorn and Roses series. The previous three books have been big reads at about six hundred pages each, whilst this book is only two hundred and thirty. I see this more as a novella or short story, a bit like a filler book that bridges A Court of Wings and Ruin and the next book in the series A Court of Silver Flames.
A Court of Frost and Starlight is set solely in Valeris in the Night Court and focuses on Feyre and Rhysand and their friends and her sisters Elain and Nesta. After the war that was the focus of the previous book all the characters are reeling from the events that ended the war and trying to make sense of them. Feyre is doing her best to help rebuild Velaris as a focus for her feelings, and finds a release in returining to her art, expressing all her internal emotion. As always the handsome Rhys supports her in everything she does, and I enjoyed seeing him and his fellow Illyrians Cassian and Azriel in a more relaxed setting, enjoying the Winter Solstice. It is Feyre’s sisters who have faired the worse since the war, especially Nesta who has moved out and living in a run down apartment. She is plagued with nightmare’s of the war and her powers so is being more caustic than usual in her interactions and is using alcohol to erase the memories.
I loved that this book was set solely in Valeris in the lead up to the Winter Solstice celebrations, rather like our Christmas. I enjoyed seeing the characters in a more relaxed setting, laughing and drinking and giving each other gifts; it gave a different insight into their personalities. As a always Sarah J Maas’s writing is beautiful, setting the scene, creating a magical world and fascinating characters that have become a huge part of my life over the last four months.
I very rarely read books that are less than three hundred pages but I made an exception in this case with it being part of the series. I read it in one day and found it a light and entertaining read that I thoroughly enjoyed. I’m now reading the next book and see that A Court of Frost and Starlight is a great bridge between A Court of Wings and Ruin and A Court of Silver Flames, setting the stage for what is Nesta’s story in the fifth book that I am reading now.
