First read:
I am shaking. This book was beautiful in every way. The characters are flawed, the world building continues to be impeccable, and WOO things got very steamy in here.

Second read:
I find myself a bit confused sometimes (in the best way) - is this fantasy with romance sprinkled in or is this romance with fantasy sprinkled in? Depends on the chapter I guess 😅

First of all:

I had a skeevy feeling about Tamlin from the get-go. As a romantic interest in the first book, he was fine, and only fine. He had redeeming qualities, but I couldn't stand behind him as a perfect match for Feyre. Now, a lot of the negative reviews I've seen for this book center on the fact that everything we learned about Tam in the first book was ANNHILATED and tbh it was. Did he have a pretty valid reason to have PTSD and become a completely different person...um, Fae? Yes. yes he did. But that doesn't excuse his behavior. Anyway, I found Rhys to be much more deserving of the strong person/Fae Feyre deserves to be.

You're allowed to grow as a person and realize that you've grown apart from the person you were with, okay?

Moving on: This book was fun to read. The flirting, the banter, the action, the excitement. The relationship felt genuine because you got to watch it blossom from a pseudo-friendship first. And don't get me STARTED on how much I love the Inner Circle.

ygg SJM