r/FeysandDarlings

Spoilers for all books.

Ok I love these books, I’ve read all three series about 7 times now (I know, but every time I finish a new book series I just reread everything SJM lol), and I can get behind Feyre changing her mind and wanting a baby. Rhys died, she experienced true war, that’s a pretty common mentality to have after those experiences (well, normally your partner doesn’t die and come back to life but you know what I mean). But what I cannot get behind is Feyre not being able to survive childbirth.

This seems ridiculous to me. Cassian had his guts hanging out of his body and was fighting a few days later. Likewise he had his wings obliterated and they healed them back.

Meanwhile, Feyre has the healing power of dawn, the best healer in the lands, the most powerful high lord in Prythian’s history by her side, and a C section is going to kill her? Make it make sense.

I’ll take it one step further. Why wouldn’t they simply try to have her shapeshift? If she’s going to die and the baby is going to die why not attempt to shift into illyrian anatomy as a last ditch effort?

All of it feels like a lazy plot device to redeem Nesta. Like yeah I’ve been a horrible wretch who has never apologized to my sister for a lifetime of bullying and abuse, but when she was dying on the delivery bed I used my godlike power to save her, soooo all is forgiven, oh and I got that prick rhysand to bow to me.

Like I even enjoy Nestas book, even though I’m not a fan of Nesta myself. But this is not the way I wanted her path to forgiveness to end. She needed to have a heart to heart with Feyre and Rhysand, everything she said to Cassian on the hike needed to be said to Feyre and Rhysand.

Ugh it’s so frustrating.

So Nesta fans claim she and Elain did the housework, but we know Nesta was sitting around not chopping wood while they all froze in the cabin and the cabin was filthy, which leads me to believe that Feyre was doing it all when she wasn’t out hunting.

Also: the dad was doing wood carvings and Elain grew flowers in the Spring/Summer. Why didn’t Nesta find a way to monetize that? She could have sold the wood carvings and turned the flowers into a little seasonal business. She’s certainly smart and strategic enough to pull this off.

What do you guys think?