I’m on the final book of the ACOTAR series by Sarah J Maas – A Court of Silver Flames where the perspective shifts from Feyre to Nesta and Cassian. I haven’t completed it yet so there are no spoilers here. However, I’m finding this particular book from the series to be the most boring and hard to complete.
That’s mainly because I cannot bring myself to align with Nesta’s story yet. She’s that radically difficult character that’s hard to love but gets a character story that explains and validates her, but it’s just not doing it for me. There being a long and elaborate trauma tale presented as explanation for horrible behaviour and petty demeanor is not enough for me to forgive the wrongs of a character. I’m in almost 250 pages in ACOSF and Nesta is still as unbearable as she was in the first book, just with some cognitive backdrop.
And so, Nesta and Cassian’s story is not appealing to me at all and I simply feel sorry for all the other characters that are forced to choose their love for the b*tchy sister over proper reprimand for her. “Keep extending your hand” has its limits for me and this book is taking it too far.
Perhaps this inclination stems from real life experiences where I find it hard to forgive deliberate bad behaviour regardless of a back story. Adults have the mental ability to realise the bad decisions they make, at least after many attempts of redemption from their loved ones. Continuing to put up a show of dealing with trauma even after repeated display of affection from loved ones is a choice; one that I cannot agree with.
So I’m hoping that Nesta’s redemption arc towards the end will be worth my pushing through this book. I am not one to put down elaborate individual journeys but this one is the most unappealing one I’ve had to sit through by far. I wouldn’t mind Sarah J Maas laying Nesta to rest through some heroic act that remotely makes up for her unacceptable behaviour throughout the series.
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