5/5 - Full review at emileereads: http://emileereads.com/blog/2017/7/20... 
 I was skeptical when I first started this book. I'd seen enough comments on Goodreads and Instagram to know that some serious relationship changes occur. Based on what happened in the first book and the fact that I didn't really love A Court of Thorns and Roses (ACOTAR), I thought I'd hate the changes. I was ready to feel rage. 
 I could NOT have been more wrong. A Court of Mist and Fury (ACOMAF) might be SJM's best book. SJM wrapped me around her little finger for the entirety of ACOMAF, and I loved every manipulative second of it. 
 Some of my thoughts on the relationship change are under the spoiler tag. 
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 ACOMAF focused on Feyre's PTSD and how Rhysand, not Tamlin, helped her heal. The plot was secondary to the romance. Pretty much everything that happened was designed to build up the tension between Feyre and Rhysand, so I'm not going to bother discussing the events of the book except to say there were plenty of entertaining twist and turns. It also ended in a typical Maas cliffhanger that took me by surprise. 
 There was a little bit of the asshole Rhysand from ACOTAR, but slowly the other sides to his character came to the surface. The more I learned about him the more I wanted him to get with Feyre, and SJM finally delivered. Their relationship had such an emotionally satisfying buildup and conclusion that I was mentally squealing...a lot. Rhys was beautiful, strong, sarcastic, and even though he was essentially perfect he didn't get on my nerves. He had just enough of an edge to keep him feeling real. 
 Don't get me wrong, it does frustrate me that Maas can only end relationships by having the ex become a complete asshole. She butchered Tamlin in this novel and left nothing good about him. I know many people hated the Tamlin to Rhysand switch, and believe me I get it, because I knew that would happen and I mentally steeled myself to hate it...but I didn't. It's not like Feyre fell for the complete asshole Rhysand. She fell for the full picture of Rhysand that we didn't see until the second book. 
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 I give this 5 glorious, smutty, emotionally-manipulative-and-I-don't-even-care, Rhysand-take-me-away! stars. If you like emotional rollercoasters, magic, sexual tension, and fangirling over fictional couples like you're fifteen again...this is about as good a book as you can find.