{"id":2926,"date":"2018-06-04T12:00:46","date_gmt":"2018-06-04T16:00:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/?p=2926"},"modified":"2018-06-03T21:42:21","modified_gmt":"2018-06-04T01:42:21","slug":"readers-advisory-episode-99-a-court-of-wings-and-ruin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/readers-advisory-episode-99-a-court-of-wings-and-ruin\/","title":{"rendered":"Readers Advisory: Episode 99 &#8211; A Court of Wings and Ruin"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Here\u2019s what we suggest instead of\/in addition to reading <em>A Court of Wings and Ruin<\/em> by Sarah J. Maas<i>.<\/i>\u00a0Listen to\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/episode-99-a-court-of-wings-and-ruin\">the podcast<\/a>\u00a0to hear us talk about some of these titles in more depth!<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/ash.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-2927\" src=\"http:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/ash-138x220.jpg\" alt=\"Ash by Malinda Lo\" width=\"138\" height=\"220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/ash-138x220.jpg 138w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/ash-188x300.jpg 188w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/ash.jpg 217w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 138px) 100vw, 138px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/cant.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-2928\" src=\"http:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/cant-150x220.jpg\" alt=\"Can't Help Myself by Meredith Goldstein\" width=\"150\" height=\"220\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/catwoman.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-2929\" src=\"http:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/catwoman-147x220.jpg\" alt=\"Catwoman: Soulstealer by Sarah J. Maas\" width=\"147\" height=\"220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/catwoman-147x220.jpg 147w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/catwoman-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/catwoman.jpg 333w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 147px) 100vw, 147px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>Ash<\/em> by Malinda Lo (<a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2JnFcRY\">Amazon<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tridentbookscafe.com\/book\/9780316040105\">Trident Booksellers<\/a>)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>Can&#8217;t Help Myself<\/em> by Meredith Goldstein (<a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2JleJ7x\">Amazon<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tridentbookscafe.com\/book\/9781455543779\">Trident Booksellers<\/a>)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>Catwoman: Soulstealer<\/em> by Sarah J. Maas (<a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2xIM8nM\">Amazon<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tridentbookscafe.com\/book\/9780399549694\">Trident Booksellers<\/a>)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/chemistry.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-2865\" src=\"http:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/chemistry-146x220.jpg\" alt=\"Chemistry Lessons by Meredith Goldstein\" width=\"146\" height=\"220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/chemistry-146x220.jpg 146w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/chemistry-199x300.jpg 199w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/chemistry.jpg 230w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 146px) 100vw, 146px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/children.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-2930\" src=\"http:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/children-146x220.jpg\" alt=\"Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi \" width=\"146\" height=\"220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/children-146x220.jpg 146w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/children-199x300.jpg 199w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/children.jpg 229w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 146px) 100vw, 146px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/graceling.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-1578\" src=\"http:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/graceling-146x220.jpg\" alt=\"Graceling by Kristin Cashore\" width=\"146\" height=\"220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/graceling-146x220.jpg 146w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/graceling-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/graceling.jpg 296w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 146px) 100vw, 146px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>Chemistry Lessons<\/em> by Meredith Goldstein (<a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2LdGsUX\">Amazon<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tridentbookscafe.com\/book\/9781328764645\">Trident Booksellers<\/a>)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>Children of Blood and Bone<\/em> by Tomi Adeyemi (<a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2LUZkJu\">Amazon<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tridentbookscafe.com\/book\/9781250170972\">Trident Booksellers<\/a>)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>Graceling<\/em> by Kristin Cashore (<a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2sshtq1\">Amazon<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tridentbookscafe.com\/book\/9780547258300\">Trident Booksellers<\/a>)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/impostor.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-2931\" src=\"http:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/impostor-150x220.jpg\" alt=\"The Imposter Queen by Sarah Fine\" width=\"150\" height=\"220\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/fire.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-2932\" src=\"http:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/fire-150x216.jpg\" alt=\"Of Fire and Stars by Audrey Coulthurst \" width=\"153\" height=\"220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/fire-150x216.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/fire-209x300.jpg 209w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/fire.jpg 348w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 153px) 100vw, 153px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/shadow.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-2933\" src=\"http:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/shadow-150x220.jpg\" alt=\"Shadow and Bone by Leigh Bardugo \" width=\"150\" height=\"220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/shadow-150x220.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/shadow-204x300.jpg 204w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/shadow.jpg 235w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>The Imposter Queen <\/em>by Sarah Fine (<a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2sBf9MI\">Amazon<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tridentbookscafe.com\/book\/9781481441919\">Trident Booksellers<\/a>)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>Of Fire and Stars<\/em> by Audrey Coulthurst (<a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2sz1SEg\">Amazon<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tridentbookscafe.com\/book\/9780062433268\">Trident Booksellers<\/a>)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>Shadow and Bone<\/em> by Leigh Bardugo (<a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2xzP5Y4\">Amazon<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tridentbookscafe.com\/book\/9781250027436\">Trident Booksellers<\/a>)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/throne.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-2934\" src=\"http:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/throne-146x220.jpg\" alt=\"Throne of Glass by Sarah J. Maas \" width=\"146\" height=\"220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/throne-146x220.jpg 146w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/throne-199x300.jpg 199w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/throne.jpg 230w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 146px) 100vw, 146px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/winners.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-2935\" src=\"http:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/winners-146x220.jpg\" alt=\"The Winner's Curse by Marie Rutkoski\" width=\"146\" height=\"220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/winners-146x220.jpg 146w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/winners-199x300.jpg 199w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/winners.jpg 331w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 146px) 100vw, 146px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/wrath.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-2936\" src=\"http:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/wrath-147x220.jpg\" alt=\"The Wrath and the Dawn by Ren\u00e9e Ahdieh\" width=\"147\" height=\"220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/wrath-147x220.jpg 147w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/wrath-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/wrath.jpg 333w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 147px) 100vw, 147px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>Throne of Glass<\/em> by Sarah J. Maas (<a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2JunGLA\">Amazon<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tridentbookscafe.com\/book\/9781619630345\">Trident Booksellers<\/a>)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>The Winner&#8217;s Curse<\/em> by Marie Rutkoski (<a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2sCGJJh\">Amazon<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tridentbookscafe.com\/book\/9781250056979\">Trident Booksellers<\/a>)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>The Wrath and the Dawn<\/em> by Ren\u00e9e Ahdieh (<a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2JomnOp\">Amazon<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tridentbookscafe.com\/book\/9780147513861\">Trident Booksellers<\/a>)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>*\u00a0<em>Worst Bestsellers<\/em>\u00a0<em>is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/b?_encoding=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;linkCode=ur2&amp;node=1000&amp;site-redirect=&amp;tag=worstbests0e-20&amp;linkId=Z2A4ORUYFZJ4UA6Q\">Amazon.com<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>(But no pressure, we\u2019re also happy if you get these items from your local library or independent bookstore.)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here\u2019s what we suggest instead of\/in addition to reading A Court of Wings and Ruin by Sarah J. Maas.\u00a0Listen to\u00a0the podcast\u00a0to hear us talk about some of these titles in more depth!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[1423,1424,1427,820,1314,148,1428,1398,48,30,1429,1426,1422,1425],"class_list":["post-2926","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ra","tag-a-court-of-thorns-and-roses","tag-a-court-of-wings-and-ruin","tag-audrey-coulthurst","tag-kristin-cashore","tag-leigh-bardugo","tag-malinda-lo","tag-marie-rutkoski","tag-meredith-goldstein","tag-readalikes","tag-readers-advisory","tag-renee-ahdieh","tag-sarah-fine","tag-sarah-j-maas","tag-tomi-adeyemi"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2926","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2926"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2926\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2941,"href":"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2926\/revisions\/2941"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2926"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2926"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2926"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}