i understand so many things now! i understand why people love Rhys, even though he was a dick in the first book. i understand why people hate Tamlin. i understand why people compare the ending of this to the ending of EoS even though they're totally different? but i get what they're saying. 
 i do wish this book hadn't been so hyped for me, i don't know if it would've been a 5 star read if my expectations weren't so incredibly high, but i ended up really enjoying it, though it did take me a long time to get into it.