Rating: 4.5/5 
 ***Minor spoilers & spoilers for book 1*** 
 After escaping from Under the Mountain, Feyre and Tamlin are both scarred from the experience. Feyre has become numb to everything, and Tamlin has now begun to shelter Feyre far more than she could possible need nor want. Feyre is suffocating under it - she thought she would be happy, but she really isn't. It's been three months and things haven't gotten better. Tamlin refuses to let her leave his court, and won't let her train to defend herself. On the day of Feyre's wedding to Tamlin, she begins to freak out. She doesn't know if she wants this anymore, if she can handle the suffocation of being with Tamlin. She wants some way to leave without breaking Tamlin's heart - and she gets it. Rhysand appears after Feyre's mental begging, and cashes in their bargain. After having a taste of freedom with Rhys, she realizes what she has been missing with Tamlin. She can only take so much before she snaps. 
 I am still freaking out about this book. I must admit, I was a bit wary of the direction Maas was going to take this book in. I was dreading a love triangle. I also wasn't the biggest fan of Rhys after the events of ACOTAR, so I wasn't really on that ship yet when I started this book. Man, has that changed. I feel like I've never loved a love interest more than Rhysand. There are so many levels to his character, and the way he interacts with Feyre might be the best thing ever. As much as I loved this romance, I was actually going to rate this 4 stars but after everything the happened in the last fifth or so of the book, I had to rate this higher. 
 I liked Tamlin a lot in the last book, so it stung a little to see how he was treating Feyre in this book. When Lucien can see that there's a problem and Tamlin can't, you know that there's a HUGE problem. How could Tamlin claim to love Feyre when he can see what his treatment is doing to her and still sit idly by as she wastes away? I really wanted to slap him (view spoiler)[ after what he ended up doing at the end of the book. He's got a big storm coming, and I can't wait until Feyre slaps the truth right in his face. (hide spoiler)] But all thoughts of Tamlin went away after her relationship with Rhys started building. Let's just say this book was Feysand heaven. Amazing. Of course, there were other elements of this book that made it great, like Rhys's court and the whole cauldron business, but Rhysand is a bit distracting... 
 Overall, this was amazing and I can't wait until the next book comes out. I thought the last book was good, but this one was awesome. I can't believe I didn't ship Rhys and Feyre before this book, but that's been corrected, thankfully. (view spoiler)[ Their scenes together were so, so amazing and hot. I was screaming on the inside, I promise. (hide spoiler)] If you haven't picked this up yet, you absolutely need to. If you're wary because of the whole love triangle business, I promise that you won't be cringing at this. Definitely recommend!