I'm going to try to keep this condensed because, let's face it, I could talk for DAYS about this book. I was a bit apprehensive about it following Nesta and Cassian's stories rather than Rhys and Feyre's because I always find when these sort of spin off books happen I lose interest. However this was absolutely not the case. I loved this book so much, and it's now a close second favourite of mine in the series (behind A Court of Mist and Fury of course). I already want to re-read the series, I want another book in it to read asap, and I'm still not quite over the book hangover.
A Court of Silver Flames starts with Nesta's self destructive actions reaching a point where her sisters and the Night Court have to hold an intervention. Ever since she was forced into the Cauldron, and since her father's death, the trauma Nesta's keeping inside has just gotten more and more out of control. Determined to get her sister on track, Feyre insists that Nesta works in the library every day and trains her body too in the hope that the family can be reunited.
This book had the most smut in it out of the whole series, but also the most depth of emotion in a lot of ways. You saw what felt like Nesta's PTSD come out in ways that really I think will help people to understand how it can manifest and what it might feel like. It shows the importance of working through your trauma, and the importance of a support network. I loved the friendship between Nesta, Gwyn and Emerie, and was really shocked to love a book so much where I really disliked the main character for most of it.
If I delve too much more into it I fear I'll never stop, so I'm going to finish off by saying I think I've now probably read my favourite read of the whole of 2021.
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