He offers to teach her to read and gives her painting supplies, but she is reluctant to trust or like him. Tamlin, it seems, is trying to befriend her. While there, she is learning to fill her idle time. Tamlin eventually assures her that he has ensured they are taken care of. She also worries that they are starving without her to hunt for them. This worries Feyre since her family is there unprotected. They are searching for a cure for the plight and are afraid it might someday spread to the mortal lands. Feyre learns that they wear them because there is a plight in the land that is affecting magic, and the masks are magically attached. To her surprise, she is not harmed or even locked up.Īll of the household, including Tamlin, wear masks. Here she also meets Tamlin’s friend Lucien. The wolf faerie, Tamlin, lives in a beautiful and large manor. Feyre chooses to go willingly to live with him in Prythian across the wall rather than be killed. Not long after that, a wolf faerie comes demanding payment for the murdered wolf, a life for a life as stated in the treaty. She wonders if he is Fae in his wolf form, but since she hates Fae, she shoots him anyway with an ash arrow.

One day she spots a doe to bring down, but to her surprise, a great wolf attacks the doe first. The job of hunting for food has fallen to Feyre.

They find themselves shunned by high society and near starvation. ***** Everything below is a SPOILER ***** What happens in A Court of Thorns and Rosesįeyre and her family have fallen on tough times. Treaty – Created between humans and Fae 500 years ago, there is now a wall keeping magic and the Fae on one side and humans on the other Setting – Spring Court, a part of Prythian, land of the Fae Lucien – Courtier, and emissary to Spring Court, Tamlin’s friend Tamlin – High Lord of Spring Court, golden hair and mask I loved the creativity and the characters! It follows the Beauty and the Beast story as you might expect in the beginning, but the end brings new and strange things that are both exciting and suspenseful.Īdd A Court of Thorns and Roses at Goodreads It’s a new twist on an old tale with faerie lore mixed in. This is a great read based on the story of Beauty and the Beast.

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