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The next day, the High Lord of the Day Court, Helion, arrives at the Night Court by a Pegasus. Helion inspects the Autumn Court soldiers and says that their bodies and actions are not their own, but there are not any spells that bind them. He says it’s like there is a fog around the soldier’s mind. Helion also met with Nesta in attempts of forging stronger wards around the Mask that Nesta can’t penetrate. Azriel than goes to inform Eris about his soldiers. That night Cassian and Nesta do the devil’s tango. Chapter Forty-Two For the next two days, Nesta did not speak. Suddenly, Nesta fainted. Cassian asked her when she last drank water but Nesta didn’t respond, her eyes only held vacancy. She fell asleep soon after. The next day, when they reached a turquoise body of water, Nesta’s vision began to blur, she fell to the stones and asked herself if she was worth being counted, she knew the answer. Nesta buried her hands in her face and wept. Chapter Fifty It turns out it was Briallyn who arranged for Nesta to be brought to the Blood Rite. Briallyn tells Nesta she will either trade her the Trove or her mate’s life. Nesta doesn’t do anything so Briallyn says, “Kill.” Because she didn’t specify who, Cassian tries to take his own life instead of Nesta’s. Nesta’s power explodes. She dissolves Briallyn and what remains is the Crown. Chapter Seventy-Five The day after, Cassian doesn’t bring Nesta to Windhaven, instead they were going to train on the training ring above the House of the Wind. Cassian realized that Nesta wasn’t willing to make a fool of herself in front of the other Illyrians and that’s why she didn’t want to train. Since Nesta is still a little hesitant, Cassian makes a bargain with her- if she does one hour of exercises, he’ll own her a favor of any kind. Right after, a tattoo appears on the both of them signaling the bargain was successful. Cassian trains Nesta on how to control her movements and balance her weight. After the workout, Cassian guides Nesta through a cooldown, which essentially is more stretching and breathing exercises. Chapter Thirteen Cassian and Azriel are talking about Rhys and Feyre’s baby and Nesta. Cassian then goes to Nesta’s room to ‘settle a debt’ between them from the previous night. Chapter Twenty-ThreeThe Illyrian male that had shot the arrow demanded that Nesta give him her weapons. Instead she asked about her friends, he said that he saw someone crippled and left her for the others. At this, Nesta took him down and ran off to find Emerie. Across a river, Nesta eyes Emerie. She was unconscious, left in frigid water. When Nesta found somewhere to lay Emerie, she whispered Gwyn and she said south to which the bracelet glowed. Chapter Sixty-Seven During the hike with Cassian, Nesta’s face remains blank and she begins to not care about anything that can happen. Chapter Forty-Nine Cassian – Cassian is a High Fae warrior and one of the commanders of the Night Court’s army. He is a close friend of Rhysand, the High Lord of the Night Court, and becomes romantically involved with Nesta in this book. A Court Of Silver Flames Themes

Nesta Archeron has never been everyone’s favorite. When the eldest Archeron sister was introduced in A Court of Thorns and Roses, she was breathtakingly cruel. But when her little sister Feyre returned from the land of Prythian—the Faerie land where she’d been taken by a shapeshifting High Fae lord—it turned out Nesta was the only person who knew where she’d gone, and the only person who tried to follow. As well as Nesta’s recovery, we also see the development of two new characters: Emerie and Gwyn. Emerie is a female Illyrian, and is also a Person of Colour. There have been issues of representation with previous books by Sarah J. Maas, and whilst Emerie’s inclusion doesn’t forgive them, she represents a step in the right direction. Nevertheless, I think more effort could have been made to improve representation both for People of Colour and the LGBTQ+ community. White, Hillary (March 11, 2016). "The Best YA Books of 2016". PopSugar. Archived from the original on December 19, 2021 . Retrieved December 19, 2021. In a fury, Nesta storms into Amren’s room. Amren says she still didn’t think that Nesta should be in possession of the weapons she Made. A second later, Feyre entered Amren’s room. Nesta then proceeds to tell Feyre that Rhys and the Inner Circle have been hiding the consequences of her pregnancy for a while. Later when Cassian reaches Rhysand’s office, Rhysand threatens to kill Nesta if she doesn’t leave Velaris. Chapter Forty-Seven

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Exman, Bridgette (2023-09-01). "Opinion | This Summer, I Became the Book-Banning Monster of Iowa". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331 . Retrieved 2023-09-06. Gwyn was very fearful of leaving the library under the House of Wind and often turned Nesta down on any offers to leave, due to struggles with her past trauma. However, she overcame those fears to care for her friends whenever they needed her. She is headstrong and brave, shown when she would rather fight and die with Nesta rather than leave her behind during the Blood Rite. Gwyn is very determined and has a competitive side, as seen when she was set on being the first to cut the ribbon by staying late at the practice ring and pushing her friends to overcome the obstacle course to wipe the smirks off Cassian's and especially Azriel's face.

Cassian and Vassa discuss the human queens, who are apparantly about to start something. Vassa suggest that Briallyn used the Cauldron to gaint powers, and it’s probably her who’s about to start a war. Briallyn also looks like an old lady.In chapter four, Cassian meets with Mor. The two talked about what Mor was up to in Vallahan. She was sent by Rhys in attempt to set a treaty between Vallahan’s king. However, Mor’s attempts were unsuccessful. Vallahan won’t sign the treaty because the human queens are gathering again and their army still isn’t broken up, they didn’t see the point of a peace treaty when there would be another war, this time against the humans. Mor doesn’t think Vallahan is interested in peace or allying with the Night Court. At this, Cassian thinks, “Now, even with Hybern’s king dead, its people remained angry. An army might be raised again in Hybern. And if it united with Vallahan, if Montesere and Rask joined with the goal of claiming more territory from the humans.” Mor tells Cassian to visit Vassa, a former mortal queen. Vassa was a “queen by night, and firebird by day, sold by her fellow human queens to a sorcerer-lord who had enchanted her.” of the best fantasy books everyone should read". Wired. October 28, 2021. Archived from the original on December 9, 2021 . Retrieved December 9, 2021. Andreeva, Nellie (March 26, 2021). " 'A Court Of Thorns And Roses' Series Based On Fantasy Books In Works At Hulu From Ron Moore & Sarah J. Maas". Deadline. Archived from the original on April 13, 2021 . Retrieved March 27, 2021. I believe one of the four books will be Crescent City #4, House of Many Waters. While Crescent City was previously announced as a three book deal, there are four main houses in Midgard and it just makes sense to have a book for all four. Nesta goes to the priestess services after Gwyn invites her because she likes music. At first Nesta is astonished by the music but then realizes “the music of the priestesses had lulled her into a trance, that her own bones and the stone of the mountain surrounding her had been her scrying tools, and she had drifted to this place.” In the trance, Nesta sees a harp. Later that day, Cassian tells Rhysand that Nesta informed him that the Harp is beneath the prison. Chapter Fifty-Three

The only debate in this series is whether you need to read ACOFAS or not. It’s a novella, and doesn’t play a significant role in the story of the first trilogy or A Court of Silver Flames. Gwyn started working for Merrill in the library as her assistant, she feared Merrill because she has a vicious tongue. Emerie was born in Windhaven Camp, the daughter of Proteus, a wealthy Illyrian who owned a clothing store, and an Illyrian female. She had an older brother who died ten years before she was born. Emerie's father was abusive and would beat his wife. One time he beat her so badly she couldn't recover and died. He made Emerie dig her mother's grave and told people she'd miscarried a baby, dying from blood loss. People believed him as he was charming and smart, a seemingly good male in front of others. Before they leave for training, Nesta remembers when she was with Cassian at the war and he says, “I have no regrets in my life, but this. That we did not have time. That I did not have time with you, Nesta. I will find you again in the next world—the next life. And we will have that time. I promise. Once at training, Nesta humiliates Cassian by refusing to train; his face twists in disgust and that was the end of that. Chapter Six Nesta proceeds to ask everyone to leave her alone with Feyre. Rhys agrees and says he will be waiting in the hallway, further showing his distrust in Nesta. Everyone in the rooms notices the implied insult. When they are left alone, Nesta is fuming. She realizes that the Night Court was watching her more closely than she expected. By the end of the conversation, Nesta still says she isn’t going to train. Feyre replies saying even if she has to be tied up and hauled there, she is going to have to go; Nesta is in rage. As Nesta says at the end, “She didn’t want to talk about it. About the fact that it had always been her and Elain. And, somehow, now it had become Feyre and Elain instead. Elain had chosen Feyre and these people, and left her behind. Amren had done the same. She’d made it clear on the barge.” Chapter Three

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