Summary Nesta and Cassian finally got together in A Court of Silver Flames, but certain scenes in their story have made it much harder to root for them. Nesta and Cassian have been one of the books' many will-they-or-won't-they relationships across the Court of Thorns and Roses timeline, finally consummating their relationship and declaring their love in the most recent book, A Court of Silver Flames. Getting there took a while, however.
A Court Of Silver Flames Fails To Sell Cassian & Nesta's Love Story They Barely Spend Any Meaningful Time Together The problem with Cassian and Nesta's love story in A Court of Silver Flames is that there really isn't one. Nothing about Nesta and Cassian's relationship suggests anything other than the intensity of the mating bond and lust, but that's not love.
Nesta finally crawls out of her well of grief and starts training with Cassian and Azriel. Even after she does, however, she has little time with Cassian that isn't just training or fighting. Quite frankly, the pair just don't have a lot of time to get to know each other in a meaningful and intimate way. The vast majority of their time is spent with either Nesta pushing Cassian away or Cassian being frustrated with Nesta.
A Court of Silver Flames leans a little too much into the old, misguided trope that constant fighting and being mean to one another just means two people are in love but unable to voice it.