A Court of Silver Flames

How it reads

A Court of Silver Flames is fantasy (romantic epic fantasy, specifically), and its dominant mood is romantic. The relationship is the engine of the story. It moves fast: plot-driven and hard to put down, the kind of book that carries you along even when you're tired.

It's set in an invented world, in no single period, told in the third person, staying close to one character. Its central concerns are love, redemption and identity. In weight it's light and escapist — easy to fall into.

It's a later book in a series — you'll usually want to start earlier. The ending resolves happily. At 757 pages it's a real commitment. It's a mega-bestseller — the book everyone seems to have read.