House of Earth and Blood (Part 1 of 2): Crescent City (Dramatized Adaptation)

House of Earth and Blood: Crescent City (Part 1 of 2)  (Dramatized Adaptation): Crescent City, Book 1 by Sarah J. Maas (Author), full cast (Narrator), Robb Moreira (Narrator), Debi Tinsley (Narrator), Lise Bruneau (Narrator), Colleen Delany (Narrator), Kit Swann (Narrator), Danny Montooth (Narrator), Nick J. Russo (Narrator), Torian Brackett (Narrator), Gail Shalan (Narrator), Stephanie Németh-Parker (Narrator), Gabriel Michael (Narrator), Graphic Audio LLC (Publisher)

More junk by this author. The story seemed a bit better than others in the series. The vulgarity gets tedious. These are the rulers of this society? Not as much romance as other books, but still a lot. This is mainly a murder mystery.

A Court of Frost and Starlight

A Court of Frost and Starlight by Sarah J. Maas

This is one of the shorter books in the Court of Thorns and Roses. It actually has a bit more character and plot development instead of pure romance.  I can't remember much of what was in the actual story though.

A Court of Silver Flames (2 of 2)

A Court of Silver Flames (2 of 2) (Dramatized Adaptation): A Court of Thorns and Roses, Book 5 by Sarah J. Maas

The second part of the this book is a little better than the first part, but still pretty awful. There is a bit about training and developing Valkyrie fighting techniques. It ends with a battle and a child birth, getting in all the tropes.

A Court of Silver Flames (Part 1 of 2)

A Court of Silver Flames (Part 1 of 2) (Dramatized Adaptation): A Court of Thorns and Roses, Book 4 by Sarah J. Maas

A woman has sex and questions whether her partner likes it as much as she does. Then she fights and does violent things. There is also a somewhat sentient house he gives the woman romance novels to read. It is much too long and tedious. The full cast audio with sound effects is the one redeeming grace. If only it was a worthwhile story. This is part one of two, but seems to come to a conclusion.

A Court of Wings and Ruin

A Court of Wings and Ruin by Sarah J. Maas

The heroine must save the world. This one seems to tilt more towards the violence rather than romance. It is really tedious. The heroine is some sort of royal and now has her committed partner. There is a big killing at the end. And there is a lot of forgettable prose in between.

A Court of Mist and Fury

A Court of Mist and Fury by Sarah J. Maas

The author of this book has a command of the English language. Other than that it is almost a perfect case of how to write a bad book. First make it way too long. Add in characters that you don't care about along with others that you can't distinguish. Set it in a fantasy world with seemingly different values, but have the main characters adopt trite modern values. The novel seems to be a nonstop discussion of the protagonist's sexual desires and activities. She manages to lust after and sleep with those on both sides of a big conflict. She also is able to go into the mind of people. Some of these "people" have wings. There are also some weird rituals like mating vs. marriage vs. consort. It is just bad and confusing.

A Court of Thorns and Roses

A girl from a down on their luck family goes hunting. She manages to bag a couple animals, including one that she fears may be a fairy. It turns out it was, and she is abducted by the fairies. She is given an option to live with them instead of being killed. She gets to know her captor and falls in love with him. She also learns about the court intrigue and challenges going on there. She is actually in a role to help end a curse by falling in love with one after an unprovoked killing of a fairy. The book takes a long time to get this far with a lot of romance on the way.

Throne of Glass

At the start, we learn that the protagonist is an imprisoned assassin. She has been given a special opportunity to compete to be the King's champion. If she wins, she can earn her freedom in a few years. She takes the opportunity. She knows she is good. Things get weird with the competition. Competitors die gruesome deaths. She meets up with the ghost of an old queen. She struggles on a test to identify poisons. These two events will come together to help her in the final chance to become champion. There are also various romantic intrigues. It found myself sometimes confused due to the similarity of various names. This is your typical female-driven young adult fantasy.