A Court of Thorns and Roses (Part 1 of 2) [Dramatized Adaptation] by Sarah J. Maas
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
The sexy, action-packed first dramatized audiobook adaptation in the #1 New York Times bestselling Court of Thorns and Roses series from Sarah J. Maas. Adapted from the novel and produced with a full cast of actors, immersive sound effects and cinematic music!
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When nineteen-year-old huntress Feyre kills a wolf in the woods, a terrifying creature arrives to demand retribution. Dragged to a treacherous magical land she knows about only from legends, Feyre discovers that her captor is not truly a beast, but one of the lethal, immortal faeries who once ruled her world.
At least, he’s not a beast all the time.
As she adapts to her new home, her feelings for the faerie, Tamlin, transform from icy hostility into a fiery passion that burns through every lie she’s been told about the beautiful, dangerous world of the Fae. But something is not right in the faerie lands. An ancient, wicked shadow is growing, and Feyre must find a way to stop it, or doom Tamlin-and his world-forever.
As good as I hoped it would be!
The following ratings are out of 5:
Romance: 💚💜💙❤️
Story/Plot: 📕📗📙📘📔
Chemistry: 🧪🧪🧪🧪🧪
Heat/Steam: 🔥
World building: 🌏🌍🌎🌏🌍
Character development: 😒🤩😀🙂🥰
Narrator(s): 🎙🎙🎙🎙🎙
Narration type: Full Cast Duet Narration – Dramatized Adaptation
The heroine: Feyre (sounds like Fey-ra) – she is a nineteen-year-old girl, hunting in the woods, because it is winter and her family has run out of food. The hunters had warned her not to be out in the forest too late in the day because large wolves lurk deep in the woods in numbers and tall, unearthly folks have also been spotted. The village is only two days from the immortal border of Prythian, and hasn’t been attacked in a while, so they had been lucky.
The Hero: Tamlin – he is one of the high fae, in beast form, he was a huge golden wolf-like animal with wide elk horns. Prythian was separated and ruled by seven high lords, who had such immense power they could level cities. Tamlin was one of the merciless warriors and one of the high lords of Prythian. There was a blight and a curse on Prythian and many of the residents had already left. The curse had them always in masks that they could not remove except when they are in their beast forms.
The Story: Feyre is about to leave the forest when she spots a huge deer that her family really needed. When she sees a pair of golden eyes and the forest became quiet. A wolf was also hunting the deer, with unnatural slyness. She suspected the wolf may be faerie, since it was too big to be so stealthy. She aimed her arrow at the wolf and took her shot. She knew she could not afford to miss, since she only had one ash arrow, said to be able to kill a faerie. She was fine with the killing after all they had done to her world. She wanted the doe and was able to kill the deer right after he attacked the deer.
Feyre was able to grab the deer and bring it home to her sisters. Her sister Elaine was patently oblivious to their situation, so Feyre was the one that did the most for her father and sisters. Her older sister Nesta had been angry at their father for losing their fortune. Nesta was often mean and stole money from Feyre if she didn’t hide it. Their father just uselessly talked about someday getting their fortune back, though his injured leg prevented him from doing anything about it. His leg was injured by creditors who wanted their pound of flesh.
The night after the killing of the wolf, a huge golden beast showed up at their home, calling Feyre a murderer. She immediately knew it was a faerie, and she said it was mistakenly killed and offered payment of some sort. He demanded what was his based on the treaty, a human life. She admitted that it was her that killed the wolf and that she knew what she had been doing when she killed it. The beast threatened to kill her by tearing her to shreds, or she can cross the wall and live out her days in his home in Prythian, forsaking the human realm. She went with him, all the while planning to someday slit his throat.
“I’d be little more than a lamb in a kingdom of wolves.”
“I threw myself into that fire, threw myself into it, into him, and let myself burn.”
“I found him carefully studying me, his lips in a thin line. “Has anyone ever taken care of you?” he asked quietly.
“No.” I’d long since stopped feeling sorry for myself about it.”
I put this book off as long as I possible could, but the full cast dramatized adaptation is on Audible Plus for only a few more weeks, so I finally gave in. I generally wouldn’t pick up a book like this, because the blurb really didn’t interest me. I find stories of the fae courts a bit too similar to historical romance. But I really couldn’t call myself a romance reader without reading or listening to at least the first book or two in this series, since it is so hugely popular. I think I was afraid it just wouldn’t live up to all the hype. I’ll have to admit the beginning hunt scene gave me shades of Katniss in The Hunger Games. Though I did immediately get immersed in the story and you couldn’t help but like Feyre. Her sisters reminded me a bit of Cinderella’s stepsisters.
This audiobook was narrated from multiple perspectives, done in full cast duet narration. Performed by Melody Muze, Henry W. Kramer, Gabriel Michael, Natalie Van Sistine, Debi Tinsley, Bradley Foster Smith, Alejandro Ruiz, Christopher Graybill, Julie Hoverson, Karenna Foley, Eric Messner, Anthony Palmini, Steve Wannall, Rose Elizabeth Supan, Mort Shelby, Laura C. Harris, Michael John Casey, Scott McCormick, Richard Rohan, Karen Novack, Nora Achrati, and Nanette Savard. The first thing the book says is “Graphic Audio: A movie in your mind” and all I can say is that is exactly what this is.
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