Right off the
bat, I have to admit that I went into reading A Court of Frost and Starlight with fairly low expectations, mainly
because I found A Court of Wings and Ruin to be rather frustrating and disappointing in a lot of ways; and
yet I was ultimately still incredibly disappointed by this book.
When it comes
to books that I either have mixed feelings about, or books that I simply don’t
like, I usually try my best to keep my reviews balanced and fair when it comes
to discussing what I like about the book, and what I don’t like about it.
Unfortunately, Sarah J. Maas didn’t really give me very much to work with when
it comes to having positive things to say about A Court of Frost and Starlight. After all, you can’t build a big,
extravagant sandcastle with just one cup of sand that somebody peed in. That
being said, the biggest problem that I have with A Court of Frost and Starlight is the fact that the book honestly
doesn’t really have a solid plot to it. Much like Seinfeld has always been described as being, “A show about
nothing,” I would describe A Court of
Frost and Starlight as being a book about nothing; because this book
doesn’t really have much of a solid, concrete plot.
Prior to A Court of Frost and Starlight’s
release, the information that was given about the book led me to believe that
this book was basically meant to be an interlude and bridge the gap between the
events that took place in A Court of
Wings and Ruin, and set things up for the upcoming full-length novels in
the series; which will focus on characters other than Feyre and Rhysand.
However, there’s pretty much nothing that happens in A Court of Frost and Starlight that sets things up for the upcoming
full-length novels in the A Court of
Thorns and Roses series; aside from the fact that there’s an excerpt from
the next book in the series at the end of the book, which I’ll briefly comment
on at the end of this review. The fact that there’s nothing that happens in A Court of Frost and Starlight itself that
appears to set anything up for future full-length novels in the A Court of Thorns and Roses series makes
me feel like this book doesn’t even need to exist. As far as I’m concerned,
this book is nothing more than an unnecessary, cash grab since the excerpt from
the next full-length book in the series is honestly the only thing in this book
that sets things up for future books in the series. I suppose I could end up
being proven wrong once I read the next book in the series when it’s released;
but for now, I just feel like this book fails to serve as genuine setup for
upcoming books in the series. That really made reading this book feel like an
unnecessary waste of time, as far as I’m concerned.
