A Court of Silver Flames by Sarah J. Maas
Nesta Archeron has a history of being prickly-proud, easily enraged, and reluctant to show mercy. She has also tried to find a home for herself in the strange, dangerous world she now inhabits ever since being dragged into the Cauldron against her choice and transformed into High Fae. Even worse, she can’t seem to get over the atrocities of the conflict with Hybern or everything she lost in it.
Cassian, the battle-scarred warrior whose position in Rhysand and Feyre’s Night Court puts him continually in Nesta’s circle, is the one person who riles her up the most out of anybody else. Cassian can ignite other things besides only her rage. Unquestionably, there is a fire between them, and as they are confined together, the flames grow hotter.
The delicate peace that has descended upon the realms is now in jeopardy due to a perilous new alliance formed by the deceitful human queens who fled to the Continent during the previous battle. And Cassian and Nesta’s willingness to confront their dark pasts may be the key to stopping them. Nesta and Cassian fight monsters from within and without as they look for acceptance—and healing—in each other’s embrace against the vast backdrop of a civilization torn by conflict and racked by uncertainty.
A Court of Silver Flames by Sarah J. Maas
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She was aware of Nesta’s pride-filled cowardliness, which made her despise herself and the others in her immediate vicinity. She was too much of a coward to hunt and keep the family alive, as Feyre had done, to protect her sister from Tamlin, and to intervene on her father’s behalf. Over and over again. Though Feyre? In a way, Nesta’s disdain and envy of Feyre are understandable because she was never a coward and had far easier access to affection and acceptance than Nesta ever did.
Nesta is the moody kid no one notices or outright despises, while Feyre is the ideal, adored sibling. Nesta is Feyre’s dark mirror; Feyre made the opposite decision for every choice Nesta declined to make (controlling her rage, forcing herself to take action to ensure the family’s survival), becoming what Nesta may have turned out to be had she made the right decision. Nesta recognizes and appreciates their distaste for her, therefore her words and deeds may be seen as a deterrent to this. Nesta is arrogant and in charge. She won’t ever run the risk of getting wounded if she only displays the aspects of herself that she doesn’t really recognize as her own.
And, as many individuals can attest, occasionally families may stereotype a person for something that would normally be a phase so that even when that person attempts to grow out of it, their families will always regard them as the person they were, rather than the person they are trying to become. Although the third person is used to imply this, I kept wondering why it wasn’t in the first person because the internal struggle is a major theme in this work. especially considering that Nesta’s struggle to overcome many of her thoughts and mental processes forms a large portion of the narrative.
