** spoiler alert ** 
 Maybe I shouldaEUR(tm)ve gone in to this book with lower expectations. Maybe I shouldnaEUR(tm)t have spent an entire year anticipating and theorizing over the events in this book. Maybe I shouldaEUR(tm)ve learned my lesson from my disappointment with Empire of Storms, but I didnaEUR(tm)t. This book was incredibly disappointing; the writing was average, the pacing slow, the smut gross, and the emotional roller coaster absent. 
 As of this release, Sarah has nine published books under her belt, her writing hasnaEUR(tm)t grown. ItaEUR(tm)s full of tell donaEUR(tm)t show, and arduous inner monologue. I donaEUR(tm)t know if Sarah just feels the need to spoon feed or doesnaEUR(tm)t know how to allude to things but every time any side character glanced at their romantic interest, Feyre was all over it along with describing every growl, sneer, and facials of the characters anytime they did anything. 
 The pacing of this book was slow, especially with the first few chapters which was what I was most excited for. At the end of A Court of Mist and Fury, Feyre is ready to wreak hell and burn the spring court to the ground. At the beginning of this book, she constantly talks about how badly she wants to skin Ianthe and how much of a dick Tamlin is. This became old fast, I know she had a plan in place (so she couldnaEUR(tm)t actually), but listening to a character bitch about another without doing anything until she was about to leave was annoying as hell. 
 This book got interesting during the meeting (when Tamlin walked in and fucked shit up) and during the last one hundred pages. The only reasons I made it through the other chapters were: bribing *cough* I mean motivating myself with chocolate and Netflix, the occasional times Nesta, Amren, Azriel, and Lucien came on, and the hope that I would see why this book was getting so many five-star-reviews. 
 The romance between Feyre and Rhysand wasnaEUR(tm)t as alluring to me as it was in A Court of Mist and Fury, I loved their tension and constant push and pull. This book didnaEUR(tm)t have that, theyaEUR(tm)re together and happy, and feel the need to describe their sex in vivid detail repeatedly throughout the book. I donaEUR(tm)t mind reading sex in books, but there are certain authors I donaEUR(tm)t like reading them from and Maas is at the very top of that list. *thinks of velvet wrapped steel and shudders* 
 *Spoilers, kind of. DonaEUR(tm)t continue reading if you havenaEUR(tm)t read it*