A Court of Thorns and Roses (Part 2 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! 

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.

ACOTAR

Much more exciting than the first half!

The following ratings are out of 5:
Romance: 💚💜💙❤️
Story/Plot: 📕📗📙📘📔
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 human girl, who came to the Faerie world of Prythian after she killed a fae that was disguised as a wolf. Another Fae, Tamsin, came to her and told her that the treaty between the humans and the fae required a life for a life. She could have chosen to die, or to live with him and she chose to go with him. Though since she has been there, she has learned a lot about the fae world. She also learned that she wasn’t to be a slave and since she arrived, she has been living like a member of the spring court.

The Hero: Tamlin – he is high fae, a merciless warrior with great magic 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 on the spring court has he fae always in masks that they could not remove except when they are in their beast forms. Tamlin has a lot of secrets and is responsible for a lot of people in his district. He is the only one with the kind of magic that can kill some of the dangerous beasts that have been coming on to his lands since the blight began. The blight had been slowly growing towards the land of the spring court and would eventually make its way to the human world.

The Story: Feyre doesn’t know all of the secrets that the fae hold. Though she learns as much as she can by questioning everything and sometimes by listening to conversations that aren’t meant for her ears. Feyre is starting to have feelings for Tamlin, though she doesn’t yet want to acknowledge them. In the previous book Tamlin was involved in a fire ceremony which ended in him going into a cave to ravish several fae women. Feyre hopes that nothing like that happens again.

So far, I have really been enjoying this story. The dramatized adaptation for some reason splits each book into two parts. I am not sure why since they are only about 6 hours each and plenty of audiobooks are 20+ hours. Probably just a way to make more money. Anyway, I have loved the narration. The story is good, and I am glad that this part has a bit more romance and steam.

Regarding Tamsin’s secrets, I went into this book, hoping to find out the reason he really brought Feyre with him to Prythian, because I know that it was for more than just the fact that she broke the treaty by killing the wolf. Also, I wanted to know who the woman was that everyone was so afraid of, the one that ripped the wings off the blue faerie. The story came through and gave me those answers. It also went to places I wasn’t expecting and ended up getting much more thrilling and suspenseful. It had some great supporting characters, though I had hoped there would be more interactions between Feyre and Tamlin.

Feyre’s relationship with Rhysand confused me quite a bit. She obviously hated him when she first met him and throughout most of this book, but he kept inserting himself into her life, and he believed in her abilities and helped her. Rhysand was high lord of the night court, and was known to be under the thumb of Amarantha. So he always seemed to have ulterior motives. After Feyre makes a deal with him, she still hates him, but is also connected to him, it creates issues that I wasn’t expecting from a romance like this.

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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