If you’re a reader to any extent, there is a strong probability you have heard of a book titled ‘A Court of Thorns and Roses’ (ACOTAR) by Sarah J. Maas. ACOTAR is the first of five novels in the entire series, and upon hearing how bloody good ACOTAR is from multiple people and sources, I figured I would give it a shot and read it.
I’ve written a few other posts about ACOTAR, and I am sorry to be redundant. But, I said it before and I am happy to say again that I have not been in the clutches of a series so damn deep since I first read ‘Harry Potter’ as a child. I cannot stop reading the books in the series, and I’m almost finished the third, ‘A Court of Wings and Ruin,’ and once I am done it I’ll jump to the final two texts in the series because yes, I did already order them.
I’ve been trying to pinpoint what specifically it is I love about Maas’ books so much, and while I cannot be entirely positive, I think I may have figured it out. Firstly, Maas is an incredible writer, so that certainly helps to make a great book. But, my love for her books goes further than her writing in a general sense, and I’ve come to realize the reason I am infatuated with her texts is the same reason I was, and remain to be, obsessed with J.K. Rowling’s writing in the ‘Harry Potter’ series – both of these women possess the rare and wicked ability to literally transport their reader into entirely fictionalized but heavily detailed worlds.
If you can read a book and visualize the imagery so clearly it feels as though you’re there, you know you’ve found an excellent book, and, furthermore, and excellent writer.
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