#this scene is from acofas ch.5

[romanticatheartt]

Today I was looking through the books looking for some canon proof for an anon who asked me a question (I got you anon it's in the making<3) and got to this part:

First of all, I'm sobbing. I'm not good. My babies been through a lot and I just want to put them in a blanket, keep them warn and give them all my love.

Second... a few months ago I rebloged a post about how Cassian and Feyre, Azriel and Nesta, and Rhysand and Gwyn's traumas are similar. How a friendship between Rhysand and Gwyn would be lovely and she can be the sister he lost and he the bother she never had, the sibling she lost.

And as always a bitter anon told me wanting Rhysand and Gwyn being besties and them opening up to each other is out of reach and it will never happen because Rhysand hasn't even completely opened up to Feyre (!!!)

I deleted the ask because I'm not here to change people's mind about anything when its already set. But then I came through this part and well this is their proof that they haven't read the book or only remember selective things.

Third, sjm should've written Rhysand's pov... he should've opened up to Feyre and we should've read about them, not only in passing and in a paragraph that most can ignore. We should've seen that Feyre is always there for Rhysand and she always listens when he needs someone to talk to or hold him when he needs someone to just be there for him. (Because now I've seen people saying Feyre doesn't love Rhys as much as he loves her... like my girl can't take a break fr)

[amethystblooms]

“Elain and Azriel didn’t communicate after their moment on Solstice, so they’re not endgame.”

okay, and?

nesta and cassian didn’t speak for 9 MONTHS after their tiff on solstice in ACOFAS and they’re still endgame.

their tiff:

He waited, panting, for the verbal lashing to begin. For her to shred him into ribbons. But Nesta only stared at him, her nose crinkling. Stared, then snorted—and walked away. As if he were nothing. As if he weren’t worth her time. The effort. A low-born Illyrian bastard. >frost and starlight, ch. 21

the upcoming months:

Since Winter Solstice, they’d exchanged only a handful of words. Most had been at the barge party last month. They’d consisted of: Move. Hello, Nes. Move. Gladly. After months and months of nothing, of barely seeing her at all, that had been it. >silver flames, ch. 1

Perhaps you can find it in yourself to try a little harder this year. Cassian’s words from nine months ago still rang fresh in Nesta’s mind, uttered on an ice-slick street blocks from here. >silver flames, ch. 2

And he’d stayed away from her for the intervening nine months. Far, far away. He’d come so close to making a stupid mistake that night, to laying his heart bare for her to rip out of his chest. He’d hardly managed to walk away with some semblance of pride. Over his cold, dead body would she do that to him again. >silver flames, ch. 5

ch. 5 can parallel to:

Rhys vanished, and Azriel was left standing before Elain, who still awaited his kiss. His stomach twisted as he pulled his hand from her hair and stepped back. Forced himself to say, "This was a mistake.” .. Rhys growled, “Allow me to make one thing very clear. You are to stay away from her." "You can't order me to do that." .. “So you will leave Elain alone. .. but stay away from her.” Azriel snarled softly. >azriel’s ACOSF bonus chapter

so, what is your point?

nesta also slept around and cassian f’cked someone up against a wall outside a club this cassian scene didn’t happen during this time frame. instead of erasing it from my post, i thank the person who corrected me in the comments! my point still does stand though that nesta slept around. which isn’t putting down her character. that is just the facts. but nessian were still endgame despite that during their nine months apart.

and they are still endgame and always will be. despite what some of y’all are saying about how they’ll break up outside of their pov’s in the upcoming books

elain and azriel not communicating after their moment on solstice only sets the tension they will experience in the next elain’s book.

the miscommunication, the longing, the knowing that the feelings are MUTUAL and fate is going against them.. THE FORBIDDEN LOVE!

elriel have obstacles to face before their happily ever after.

just like sarah said her characters do:

“I love happily ever afters. I thrive on them. And I think anyone picking up my books will know that.. there is a happy ending, but my characters will have to work hard and occasionally suffer greatly..” >Sarah J. Maas on Instagram Live. January 15th, 2021

[colesartandbooksandstuff]

A Court of Wings and Ruin (A Court of Thorns and Roses #3)- Sarah J Maas

Background: ACOMAF was a lot better than ACOTAR in my opinion. I almost loved it. There were a few parts that had me rolling my eyes but I gave it a strong 5 stars. ACOWAR is longer by about a hundred pages and honestly its gonna be a stretch to get through it before I head back to school (Along with ACOFAS). I will not be reading ACOSV until the summer and I’m done with classes for the semester, but I am looking forward to it.

Princess of Carrion (Part 1/ Ch. 1-10): Holy shit Feyre is a bad bitch. We already knew this but she has progressed so far from the “I just want to paint and be a housewife”. Homegirl is telling lies upon lies, has everyone wrapped around her finger, and is absolutely leading everyone exactly to where she wants them. This part ended with her leaving the spring court to return to Rhys, so I’m not sure how much more of a spy novel we’ll be getting, but if we do this could very well be one of my favorite books. I am very much enjoying this so far.

Cursebreaker (Part 2/ Ch. 11-50): Part 2 was very long. It took me a couple days to get through. It started off pretty strong, but this is the first section of any of the books where I feel like it could have been shortened. There have been a lot of small side plots and information revealed about backstories and other characters. Side note, it is so hard to keep track of the different high lords. (One of them is Bi and another is gay? Either way, nice rep). I’m not hating it by any means and depending on the last part, this will either be a strong 4 or a 5 star. Other thoughts include- Nesta is so much better than in the past books; SJM is setting up so many girls up for disappointment in their romantic lives; and Istg if I have to read “mate” 1 more time im going to DNF.

High Lady (Part 3/ Ch. 51-82): A lot happend in the 200ish pages at the end. They went to war. We had a coming out scene (to which Feyre responded- let me be your wingwoman; we love an ally). This part was on par with the first part, and the last 100 pages were the best part of the book. I usually take a break every 50 pages to check my phone, or just recharge when reading- especially when the pages have font as small as SJM books. I didn’t even consider it during the last 100. There were a lot of twists at the end. I don’t know if I would consider them to be “plot twists”, but people will surprise you. And then surprise you again. Lucien dipped out for a large part of this book, so I’m interested for his and Elain’s relationship.

Overall: Everything ended with a nice bow. That is fine if ACOWAR was the end of the series. However, that is not the case. No one die. They fixed everything. I don’t know really where it goes from here. This might be a good thing and helps to separate ACOSF from the original trilogy. Overall, this was my favorite of the three. I really liked the spy aspects, the adventure/heist themes. I really liked that SJM diversified the cast and we got a political novel. 5/5 stars.

*I am going to attempt to read Frost and Starlight before I leave for college (for reference, I posted this at 2:45 am on a Friday morning and leave saturday afternoon, but I also work and have to pack). We’ll see if I can do it

Favorite Quote: “ ‘It is no waste,’ I said. ‘One life may change the world. Where would you all be if someone had deemed saving my life to be a waste of time?’ I pointed to Rhys. ‘If he had deemed saving my life Under the Mountain a waste of time? Even if it’s only twenty families, or ten… They are not a waste. Not to me- or to you.’ “ (pg. 598)