Well, well, well.. 
 Sarah J Mass quickly became one of my top favorite authors when she released the astounding Throne of Glass series. One reason why I immediately loved her books was because of the amazing characters all those TOG fans know and dearly love. Sarah was able to create such a wonderful figure out of Celeana/Aelin/Lillian (I never know which name to use, although Elentiya is the only name I feel really suits her). Celeana was such a beautiful character that I fell in love with her immediately. In addition, Manon was also another character whom I feel was written so intricately that every chapter used to dumbfound me when I would be done with it. 
 Because of the beauty of TOG, I was really anticipating reading the ACOTAR series. I honestly thought it was going to be better than TOG and I wanted to wait until Court of Mist and Fury was out to start reading, but decided against it and thought to try it out.. 
 I admit I started hating the book from Chapter 5 and beyond. 
 The story, in itself, was very beautiful. Anything related to the Fae immediately grabs my attention, and I was happy enough to have a full-blown story about them. We started off with learning about the decrepit life that Feyre lives.. Oh and by the way, Feyre (Fay-ruh) is honestly such a cheesy trying-to-be-something name. I immediately hated it. 
 I had such a love-hate relationship with Feyre, more towards the hate, actually. Maybe because I was waiting to find Celeana's wrath and fiery disposition in her? Unfortunately, Feyre cannot even hold a candle to the fierce Celeane. While I do understand the hard nature in which she grew up in and being the sole breadwinner of the family and having all those factors depending on her for survival.. but all I could attain from Feyre's personality was that she was entirely bland and cold.. I could not like her for one bit. I honestly liked Nesta's personality more, and found Elain to have more fire in her than Feyre. 
 So then she was taken away into YouKnowWhere land to start her life anew... This came on as a tad too fast for me.. The situation which allowed her to go to YouKnowWhere happened too quickly with so little detail.. I was expecting more of a struggle actually, and hated that her family let her go so easily, especially her father. However, as I progressed into the story I came to know why Tamlin allowed her such fast entry into YouKnowWhere.. 
 I still think the way they met could have been written in a better, and more informative way.. 
 Her time spent in YouKnowWhere was honestly a delight. I love the way the estate and grounds were described; something so close to heaven! However, she then started hearing mentions of Cauldron and By The Cauldron and even though the author tried to explain about it when Feyre was looking upon that mural, any knowledge about what the Cauldron is was completely lost to me. All I could figure out was that the Fey came to be because of that Cauldron. 
 Tamlin: A typically handsome prince charming that is found in every fairtytale. I could not really like him or connect with him. And his whining and begging was not fit for YouKnowWhatHisTitleIs, 
 I won't speak more about him because I didn't feel he had a large presence in this story other than stand by and simmer and look devastatingly handsome. BLEURGH. 
 Lucian could have been such a BETTER character if the author had allowed him a bit more conversation instead of him running away whenever Feyre and Tamlin decided to get intimate. 
 Oh and the intimate moments were so bland I just skipped them altogether. It was just a matter of jumbled up emotions and heat and I couldn't honestly find A SHRED OF ROMANCE in the whole thing, and such bland matters irk me. 
 Amarantha: I was expecting her to be the deadliest being ever, having such power and being able to dominate the Fey the way she did.. The author honestly did not do this character justice. The whole time, we were just watching Amarantha sneer and lounge about her throne.. There are so many questions left unanswered here! Why did Amarantha cease supporting the king of Hybern and instead wanted to commandeer the lands to herself? How was she able to bind Jurien's eye to her ring and keep his soul attached to it all these years? Where was her sister? How come she didn't make an entrance? I don't even recall her being killed or dying because of her mourning.. 
 What was truly her power? How was she able to enslave them all? 
 Rhysand: Oh honestly why would you chose such a boring forgetful name for such a beautiful character? While some of his personality traits irked me, he was truly one of my favorite characters. Written in such a dark and mysterious way, I loved how his cunning mind was able to sabotage even Amarantha's. However, I wanted to know so much more about him.. Especially that bit at the end where his eyes widened before he disappeared? 
 Back to Feyre.. The trails she went through were difficult for a human being, and I understand that. However, she didn't need to whine and shed tears every single time she was alone. I do understand her frustration, but she should have let that fire and love for Tamlin surge her forward, not wallow in her grief. The only time I felt she acted out of sheer intelligence was during trial number 1. In trial 2, it was because of Rhysand AND ONLY HIM that she managed to prevail! And honestly? She (wet her bowels) A MILLION TIMES IN THE STORY! WHAT A BABY! 
 I don't like her.. not one bit.. 
 That ending though.. I wasn't expecting it.. But Feyre is quite ungrateful.. and how she started with the whole OUR lands and OUR manor. PFFT WHEN DID IT BECOME YOURS. 
 I am now quite curious to see how book 2 will fare out. I imagine the king of Hybern will be involved. I hope the author gives more information about the Cauldron.