Synopsis: After the death of her mother and an incident that left her formerly wealthy father destitute, 19-year-old Feyre is forced to become the provider for her family. She helps them survive by learning how to hunt and trade. But when Fayre kills a wolf, deep in the woods, a beast comes to her door and demands retribution. A life for a life. The wolf was no ordinary wolf, but a Faerie, in wolf form, though the human world and the faerie world have been divided by a great wall for 500 years. The beast gives Feyre the option of being shredded to ribbons or living with him on the Faerie side of the wall, never to return home. With only those two options, Fayre chooses the beast. Once back on the other side of the wall, she learns that Beast is actually an immortal faerie, and the beast is actually a High Lord, Tamlin, one of the six high lords who once ruled the world.
I must preface this review by stating that you MUST read the A Court of Thorns and Roses series (at least the first three, since I am currently making my way through book 4 out of 5 and don’t have an opinion yet). The first book is necessary and it sets up the remainder of the series, but it is by far the worst of the three. It lacks the originality of the next two books. I didn’t love ACOTAR because it was very Beauty and the Beast meets the Hunger Games meets Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. I’m not a fan of stockholm syndrome stories, where the captive falls in love with the captor, and while the author tried to not make it so kidnappy, that’s basically the plot of this book. But there are a few redeeming characters. So read the book. I can’t say more for fear I’ll give the whole thing away, but it’s worth your time to make it to book 2.
Steam Rating: 3.5 for some very sexy scenes.