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Book club questions · Chapters 1–5

A Court of Silver Flames book club questions

For the first 5 chapters, the way a good group chat asks them: a quick take-a-side question first, then one to chew on. This page stops at chapter 5, so nothing here spoils what comes after.

by Sarah J. Maas2021 · 80 chapters · 784 pages · Bloomsbury
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Chapter 1

  1. Was Feyre ending Nesta's apartment life a rescue or a takeover?
  2. Nesta claws power out of the Cauldron while it's swallowing her, so why does that fight land harder than all the drinking and isolation in the present?
  3. Feyre announces Nesta will train with Cassian without asking her, so is that more about helping Nesta or about Feyre needing to feel she finally did something?

Chapter 2

  1. Was cutting the bond with Feyre Nesta's choice or the only move left to her?
  2. The human lands as the only alternative to the House of Wind feels like a threat dressed as a choice, so who in Feyre's circle comes off worst in that room?
  3. Underneath the drinking the chapter runs on grief and fear of loss, so does Nesta's rage at being controlled read more as self-protection or as pushing everyone away before they can leave?

Chapter 3

  1. Rhys admits he's afraid of Nesta, so is that fear fair or is it mostly guilt?
  2. Nesta shutting the curtains against the daylight and crawling under the covers in a house that's never felt like home lands hard, so why does that small retreat hurt more than any shouting?
  3. Rhys hands Cassian both Nesta and the human queens at once and calls the Illyrian job a test, so is he trusting Cassian or setting him up to fail at one of them?

Chapter 4

  1. Right call by Cassian to go through Vassa instead of Lucien?
  2. Nesta wakes in panic and finally sees that her hardness has consumed her, so why is it the poverty and Tomas that crack that open rather than the war?
  3. Cassian braces for a first lesson before dawn like it's a battle, so which of them seems more scared of that training ring?

Chapter 5

  1. Was Nesta right to refuse training in front of the watching Illyrians?
  2. Cassian shuts down Devlon's superstitions and then ends up exercising alone anyway, so which stung him more, Devlon's rules or Nesta's refusal?
  3. The sparring drags up old hurt and attraction at the same time, so does Nesta eating the breakfast Cassian demanded count as a first crack or just a truce for the morning?

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