A Court of Thorns and Roses

By: Sarah J. Maas

Narrated by: Jennifer Ikeda

Length: 16 hrs and 7 mins

Publisher's summary

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

LOVED IT!!!

Which character – as performed by Jennifer Ikeda – was your favorite?

I thought narrator did a great job with the story. The voices of Feyre and Tamlin were good, my only complaint is that sometimes the narrator struggled to fully differentiate the voices of the secondary characters like Lucien and Alis.

Any additional comments?

This was such a great, complete story. I was completely drawn in right from the beginning. The book has slow and fast paced parts, but hardly any parts that are boring. I found this book by chance and I am so glad that I did! This book has no insta-love between the characters, thank goodness. It can hard to find books with somewhat believable relationships between the characters. The secondary characters are interesting and have depth.

The world that the story takes place in is interesting and lays the possibility for an overall good series.

My only complaint with the story concerns my confusion for why Feyre, the main character, ignored the warnings of others multiple times and did some silly things that would cause her to have to be rescued. I also felt that maybe the reader was not always being informed about the full extent of some of her thoughts and feelings in some parts of the book. But these things are small, and can be attributed to human imperfection.

Overall the book is great and I enjoyed that it was new adult rather than YA, I haven't really had the opportunity to read a new adult book since its a smaller genre. Being 20 years old, I appreciated that the main character was close in age to myself and didn't have the immaturity found in a lot of YA books. The content was somewhat similar to YA, but a little more mature.

Fun retelling of a classic!

Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?

Yes! I couldn't stop listening and finished in only two days! It's an imaginative retelling of Beauty and the Beast in an incredible world full of faeries and terrifying creatures. The narration was wonderful!

Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?

Yes! I finished in two days with almost non-stop listening.

struggled to finish

probably won't finish this series. too repetitive, almost to the point of being nagging. I came to this after the Throne of Glass series, & I'm really glad I read that first. if I found this story first, I would have a hard time being convinced to try more from this author. the writing is so different between the two. I didn't like this story, but I did finish it.

Narrator is so DRY

I loved this book and was looking forward to listening to it while at work but I couldn’t get through this. The narrator is so extremely monotone and takes extremely long pauses between sentences. I stopped listening around chapter 12.

A great new book by Sarah J. Maas

This book is a loose retelling of Beauty and the Beast centered around fairy myth.
You will be hooked from the first moment.

loved it! never boring!

fast paced and sexy. creative. I enjoyed every bit. the plot takes a few great turns that i didn't see and I enjoyed all of the characters.

Sensational

This book was amazing. I don't even think I took breaks while reading it.
It was a romance book but I never felt that the romance over done.

A female in a sci-fi/fantasy world

I found this book and this series to be a good introduction for a female in to the realm of sci-if/fantasy. It blurs the lines of a romance novel and although there were times where I felt the female lead became more of a damsel in distress than a strong hero, the overall series changed my mind.

<3

I loveeeeeee this book! If you love fantasy and love stories this is a great choice for you!

Lovely

My first time reading from this author, I'm now so in love that I can't wait to read her other books and anticipating the second book to this series. I highly recommend!