I think I would have liked this novel, but only if it had another author and 90% of the characters were removed 
 The pacing of this book is so overwhelmingly frustrating. 
 With alot fo the action packed into the last 100 or so pages and by packed thrown into to the novel to give it a climax without really delivering on the climax itself or developing anticipation for it. whoever, let this leave the editing table without mentioning that the last section of the novel had potential if it had been properly developed should be hit over the head. 
 The main character was to begin with a good basis for a character. She had been hardened through labour and hunger. The very basis of poverty. She lived a miserable existence and she recognised it. Moreover, she resented people for it. Now if we were to continue like this then I would say that the book would have had potential. 
 However, it soon becomes clear that this will not be the case, and instead what is left is a mythical Bella Swan. Although, I am a hopeless romantic I find this trope beyond frustrating. There is little to no charater development beyond the first quarter of the novel for any of the main characters. 
 While we do find out a bit of Tamlin's backstory is character feels hollow. So when it got to the peril in the last section of the book instead of rooting for our main charaters I was left considering if all this fuss it was really worth it. You would think for the slow pacing in the first 2/3s of the novel that the love story would have been developed to a certain degree whereby I would begin to care but it wasnt. Instead of a gripping or touching connection between the two main characters what we are given is a forced relationship wih little chemistry. 
 It also had the meyer problem of creating characters whose backstories are far more gripping and interesting than that of the main characters. The only characters who I can say grabbed my interest are Lucien and Rhysand, but I have the feeling that if given the opportunity to focus more on these characters the author would have found a way to drain even that spark of interest.