SuitabookA Court of Thorns and Roses
Sarah J. Maas
- Reading
- Talk before reading about limits around graphic violence and sexual material. During or afterwards, pause over consent and power in relationships, and invite the reader to distinguish a character’s intention from the effect of their actions.
- Themes
- Loyalty and self-sacrifice: Feyre and Tamlin are described as trying to protect innocent lives while facing choices that may send loved ones to their doom. Courage and selflessness are presented as important, but characters do not always choose well and must try to repair the consequences.
- Power, consent and romance: Feyre's feelings for Tamlin develop in a world containing immortal faeries, unequal power, unwanted touching and other coercive sexual situations. Romantic passion is prominent, while the supplied details also present conduct that is clearly unwanted or coercive; the overall treatment is not fully established.
- Danger and moral responsibility: Feyre must confront a growing ancient threat while the story includes battles, torture, gruesome injuries, death and characters being forced to kill. The narrative combines graphic danger with attempts to protect innocent lives, but also notes that some characters take pleasure in killing.
- Worth knowing
- Consider whether the reader is comfortable with vividly described killing, mutilation, torture, broken bones, sexual activity, sexual assault threats, coercive sexual situations, forced intoxication, bereavement, family violence and recurring strong language.