Ugh, much worse the second time. At least I finished it, and without the aid of booze or smashing my ereader in frustration. So tempted though, many, many times to do both. I honestly don't know what I can say that hasn't already been said about this book. It's not romantic or beautiful, it's creepy and horrific. The writing is poor, the characters are loathsome, and the plot was crammed into less than 100pp out of the 500 in total. I just cannot express my disgust with this book, and for that matter, the entire series, adequately.