A Court of Wings and Ruin

Feyre (pronounced “fay-ruh”) is the protagonist and primary narrator of the first three novels in the A Court of Thorns and Roses series. Once an impoverished human huntress who dreamed of being an artist, Feyre was resurrected as High Fae after she sacrificed her life to save Prythian from the evil Amarantha. The first three novels of the series sustain a singular character arc in which Feyre must overcome her fears and confront her own biases—about faeries, about the Night Court, and about herself—in order to build a life that is defined by love.

Feyre values integrity and has a strong sense of right and wrong. While this makes her a fierce defender of her friends and family, it also causes her to experience inner turmoil when she is confronted with morally complex decisions. However, by A Court of Wings and Ruin, Feyre has gained awareness of her own tendencies. As she notes while considering the havoc that she’s wreaked within the Spring Court:

I wasn’t sure I’d been born with the ability to forgive. Not for terrors inflicted on those I loved. For myself, I didn’t care—not nearly as much. But […] [I] Could not stomach the idea of letting these people get away with what they’d done (80).