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Song for the first part of the book: Exile by Taylor Swift and Bon Iver
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A Court of Mist and Fury starts with Feyre continuing to be broken and Tamlin continuing to act oblivious about it. She is wasting away in every aspect and his response is to lock her in the house. She throws up every night, has panic attacks, the whole deal. So what does he think is a good idea? Let’s get married! That solves everything!
So … she’s walking down the aisle and she’s like nope nope don’t want this this is a bad idea no no no no. And then what happens? Well Rhys shows up and calls in the bargain. She is livid (but she shouldn’t be because DAMN). She goes with him and throws a shoe at his head. And proceeds to be an asshole to him all week and honestly why does he bother? He tells her that he needs her help because the King of Hybern is going to start a war with the other courts and the humans. He also takes time to teach her how to read and how to shield.
Next month, she goes back. She is somehow even worse to him.
About 2 weeks after she returns to the Spring Court, Tamlin literally locks her in the house. She can’t go outside because he has put up shields. She loses it. Rhys senses this and sends Mor to get her. Rhys takes her back to the House and once she wakes up, he's like welp I gotta go and she asks to go wherever he is going. He hesitates but takes her to Velaris. Ahhhh the City of StarLight. He says she can stay as long as she wants if she agrees to work with him to defeat the King. She meets his family - Cas, Mor, Az, and Amren. He takes her to the Bone Carver, where at first she freaks and can’t go, then Amren gives her a diadem and she is able to go. Bone Carver confirms Rhys' suspicions. Rhys thinks that Feyre can track things since she has all 7 High Lords Essences so let's test this theory and go see literally the creepiest thing in the world - The Weaver. Aka Bone Carver's scary sister. Weaver traps Feyre, Feyre escapes with what she went there to retrieve - a ring. She agrees to learn how to fight with Cas. At some point, she learns that the Spring Court is being shady, so she sends a letter to Tamlin telling him to stop looking for her, she’s fine, and she isn’t going back.
Multiple things happen - They go visit the Summer Court to steal the Book of Breathings from Tarquin. They go to the Human Realm to convince Nesta and Elain that they need to use their house to meet with the Mortal Queens.
After stealing from Tarquin, Tarquin sends them death rubies. Rhys is upset because he wanted to be besties with Tarquin and he’s gone fucked that up. Feyre decides to comfort him for once. Rhys: “I’ve told you many times, and quite frequently, how attractive I find you”
Feyre: “well maybe you should do a better job of it”Rhys: “Is that a challenge, Feyre?”
Mortal Queens are still being bitches. Won’t give up their half of the book. They are all like Rhys you’re an awful person and why should we trust you? So Rhys decides to show them how good he is and that he isn’t the person he has pretended to be forever so they need to see Velaris. How is this going to happen? They need the Veritas from Mor’s dad.
Now we must travel to the Court of Nightmares for thievery and we meet Mor’s dad, Asshole. To distract El Asshole, Feyre has to act like Rhys whore. Which is just …. hot. After, they leave and Rhys is all like I don’t want you to see me like a monster and I don’t want you involved like a whore and Feyre is all like please don’t shut me out, please don’t treat me like Tamlin, and he’s like WTF don’t compare us because I’m nothing like that, crying happens, he takes her back to Velaris and he goes to the House. He ignores her for a few days, they go to Starfall, they make up, almost kiss, dance all night…swoon love eyes. They go to the Illyrian camps because the King is tracking Rhys magic. Rhys and Feyre go practice her magic, he tells her the story of how Tam killed his sister and his mother and Rhys and his dad killed all of Tamlins family in retaliation.
Next day, they go practice again, Lucien shows up. Feyre threatens to shoot him if he touches her. She then shape-shifts and gives herself wings which just turns Rhys on. Rhys and her go to an Inn … one bed. Finger-bang happens, they make out, he says “I’m not going to bed you in a room where I can’t even properly fuck you against the wall especially with the wings”. Next day, he gets shot out of the sky by the Hybern cronies, she goes and looks for him, he has a bunch of arrows through his wings. She rescues him, takes them out, traps the Suriel again where the Suriel lets slip that they are mates. Whooooooops.
Feyre is pissed because Rhys had failed to mention this. They winnow back to the camp where Cas and Mor are at. She drops Rhys in the mud, literally face first, and goes up to Mor and asks her to take her anywhere but there.Okay - seriously though Feyre? WTF? You literally just told him that you don’t walk away, especially from him, and then you find out he has been withholding … ok very important information but for very good reasons … and you drop his ass in the mud and WALK AWAY.
After a few days in Rhys family cabin she realizes she's been an asshole. Then she finds some paint and decides “I’m going to paint all over this cabin that is definitely not mine”. Mor shows up and then a few days later, Rhys shows up. His wings are finally healed and he was able to fly there. Chapter 54 - the chapter before THE chapter. This is where Rhys tells her the whole story and breaks down and cries and she’s like “eat the soup bitch”.
Chapter 55 - THE CHAPTER. More swoon heart eyes.
Then they head back to the camp where Cas proceeds to antagonize Rhys (aka my favorite part).
“Hard ride? Mating bond chafing a little bit Rhys? Feyre doesn’t look too tired, maybe she could give me a ride” and then him and Rhys beat the shit out of each other.
They then all travel back to Velaris and later the Inner Circle tell Feyre that they will protect and serve her since she is Rhys mate which makes her incredibly uncomfortable.
Mortal Queens want to meet again, they are still saying We aren’t giving this up homies. Except when they leave, one of the queens leaves it on her chair.
A few days later, back in Velaris, Rhys is gone off doing something High-Lord like and Cas and Feyre are hanging out (they are besties now). Then, for the first time in hundreds of years, maybe even ever, Velaris gets attacked. By the Attor and his minions. Cas and Az were fighting from the skies, Amren over by the river, Feyre finally taps into all of her powers and starts kicking ass. Rhys finally shows up, and Feyre blocks him out, while she kills the Attor.
As with most SJM books, a lot happens at the very end so this last part is lengthy.
Amren finally cracks the code, says to nullify the Cauldron, Feyre needs to touch it and say these words that she wrote down. Also don’t put the two books together, bad shit will happen.
They make a plan to go to Hybern. The night before, Feyre tells Rhys she wants to do it all - proclaim their mating bond, get married, all that jazz - when they get back from Hybern. Rhys says what if I want to go farther than that?
So they go to Hybern, get to the Cauldron, and Feyre puts the two books together because she's a dum-dum. Jurian shows up, shoots Az through the chest with an ash arrow, then the King shows up and who else walks in? Freakin Tamlin and Lucien. Tamlin made a deal with the King to get Feyre back, because apparently Tamlin doesn’t know that no means no. The King has put a spell on the area so that none of them can use their magic or winnow out. Tamlin tries to get Feyre to come to him, she says No multiple times, and Lucien puts his hand out to stop Tamlin from going to her. Tamlin says that he knows Rhys did something to Feyre’s mind and that the letter she sent wasn’t really what she wanted. Rhys is barely breathing because he doesn’t want them to sniff out the mating bond. The King says he is going to break the bargain bond which is part of his deal with Tamlin. Feyre tells them she will leave with Tamlin, but they have to let everyone else go. Lots of stuff happens, Tamlin smells the bond, and he is furious. Feyre tells him that she will not go with him, if he takes her away from her mate, she will destroy him and his court.
Then, the King brings in the mortal queens and Feyre’s sisters - Nesta and Elain. Ianthe told the King that Feyre would just love if her sisters were with her for eternity. Even Tamlin seems like he has no idea this was part of the plan. Lucien is pissed. The King throws out a wave of power, Cas tries to protect Az, and the power shreds his wings.
The King says to throw Elain in the cauldron first. Lucien, and fine I’ll admit even Tamlin, tries to stop them but in Elain goes. As she comes out, Lucien drops down next to her and puts his jacket over her. And Nesta goes, fighting the whole time, she points her finger at the King like a threat before going under. She came out different, Made like Elain but … different. Lucien decides right then and there to announce that Elain is his mate… READ THE ROOM MAN. Rhys kept that shit secret for a long ass time and you couldn’t last 5 minutes?!
Rhys tries to make a bargain with the King and Feyre refuses to let him. She lets out a bright ass light, and then pretends as if she is confused, she recoils from Rhys, and heads towards Tamlin. She is crying, begging Tamlin to not let Rhys take her back. Mor understands and asks Rhys what the hell he did while Rhys puts on the cool, collected mask of the High Lord and says “How did you do it Feyre?” She begs the King to break the bond. Which he does. He lets the Night Court leave, and Rhys takes Elain and Nesta with him. Feyre goes with Tamlin, with a very suspicious Lucien. Feyre tells him she wants to start over, to be involved. Yeah she wants to be involved, so she can destroy him. Lucien side eyes her an awful lot, but what is he going to do? Elain is her sister, his mate, and in the Night Court. Be a good boy, Lucien.
Rhys POV - They land at the townhouse and Amren is like WTF happened. Rhys tells her that Feyre went with Tamlin, and that she is now his spy. Amren does not like that and says she is not your spy she is your mate, go get her. Rhy says “She is my mate. And my spy. And she is High Lady of the Night Court.”
A Court of Wings and Ruin coming soon..
Favorite scene | Page | Graphic audio | Audio |
“Hello Feyre Darling” | 42 | Coming soon… | Coming soon.. |
First meeting of the Inner Circle | 157 | ||
Feyre and the Attor in the Mortal lands | 266 | ||
Flirting with Rhys in the Summer Court | 318 | ||
Feyre and Rhys on the roof | 366 | ||
Court of Nightmares | 408 | ||
Starfall | 433 | ||
“She is mine” | 444 | ||
Lucien shows up | 458 | ||
The Inn | 471 | ||
Suriel spills the tea | 492 | ||
Rhys spills his guts | 515 | ||
Mating bond clicks into place | 529 | ||
“Mating bond chafing a bit Rhys?” | 543 |