• A Court of Thorns and Roses

  • By: Sarah J. Maas
  • Narrated by: Jennifer Ikeda
  • Length: 16 hrs and 7 mins
  • 4.6 out of 5 stars (48,761 ratings)

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A Court of Thorns and Roses

By: Sarah J. Maas
Narrated by: Jennifer Ikeda
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When 19-year-old huntress Feyre kills a wolf in the woods, a beast-like creature arrives to demand retribution for it. Dragged to a treacherous magical land she only knows about from legends, Feyre discovers that her captor is not an animal, but Tamlin - one of the lethal, immortal faeries who once ruled their world. As she dwells on his estate, her feelings for Tamlin transform from icy hostility into a fiery passion that burns through every lie and warning she's been told about the beautiful, dangerous world of the Fae. But an ancient, wicked shadow over the faerie lands is growing, and Feyre must find a way to stop it... or doom Tamlin - and his world - forever.

©2015 Sarah J. Maas (P)2015 Recorded Books

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loved it!

I always enjoy the retelling of beauty and the beast and this version was different from all the others. One of my favorites.

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Love, Love, Love!!!

16 hours is a really long book and considering I'm in my 40's and this book is supposed to be for teens, I really was not planning on loving this book, I was just looking for something different. It does start off a bit slow, but then it grabs you and you become completely invested in the story and the characters. It's a beautiful story of another world and the descriptive nature of the book makes you feel like you're right there in that amazing place among the fae and the humans, but not too overly descriptive to where you become bored. I literally could not stop listening to this book. One thing I will say is that it is definitely not for 11-13 year olds. There's some pretty provocative sex scenes in this book that I don't think an 11 year old would be ready to hear or even understand. I'm on the second book now which is even better than this one. Haven't slept in days. This is a must listen series!!! Absolutely love it!!

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Great story

Would you listen to A Court of Thorns and Roses again? Why?

No . Hated the narrator 's vocal variety. . It was so grating to listen to her vocal variety/ inflection .

What didn’t you like about Jennifer Ikeda’s performance?

She was so monotonous and tended to "drag" her words .Lacked vocal variety and at times she had a weird sing song quality which was so unnatural. I almost gave up the book until I remembered it was a Sarah Maas book. Stopped listening on Audible and completed the book on Kindle as Jennifer Ikeda' voice grated on my nerves. Please do not let her read the sequels. Sarah Maas needs to have Steve West or Fiona Hardingham the narrators of An Ember In Ashes read her sequels . They would do justice to this wonderful book and bring this story to life I will not buy anything from this narrator for sure.

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Awesome

Great book! A little steamy in the romance area, but overall I enjoyed the story.

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Not a fan of the narrator

I loved the book, but the narration is incredibly dull and lifeless. I appreciate the work the narrator put into producing the audiobook, but her manner of speaking was difficult to listen to for long periods of time.

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Great listen

Such an inspirational read of love. I hope to listen to book 2 soon t

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Strange

I’m not sure if I like this series or not. So much didn’t make sense and the sex scenes just seemed to be added to be a filler

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Loved it!

I really loved this book hope there will be more. I could not stop listening- great job to the narrator as well!

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I was hooked from the beginning!

Great story about the fae and a curse and a crazy villain. I enjoyed the story.

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One of my favorite books of all time.

Honestly.. for me I think it says a lot about a book if you can read it a second time and love it even more than the first time. It’s been about a year since I read it so I remembered the biggest things, but forgot a lot of the smaller details so it was almost new again except I had this feeling of excitement waiting for my favorite parts to come. Personally, I fell in love with Rhys the first time I read the books... like seriously a creepy weird obsession with a fictional character.. anyway, time to reread the second book now. 💚

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