2.5 stars 
 Yesterday evening I finally finished reading Borefest 2016 aka EoS. 
 Apologies to all the fans (and please don't kill me!), but I really disliked this book. 
 The plot dragged forever, the main character was unrecognizable from that amazing, sassy heroine that we got to know and love in the first three books and there was so much repetition... suddenly there were lost queens popping from behind every corner, the main "plot twist" could be seen from a mile off and the lead romance did nothing for me. Not to mention that one of the villains had a Scooby Doo moment of revealing their entire evil plan at the end of the book. 
 The writing wasn't great either, I laughed out loud when a certain character literally burst into flames in a sex scene - SJM, what were you trying to achieve by that?? Was it supposed to be romantic or hot?? Only thing that it got from me was a laugh and a slight concern that the partner in that scene would get severe burns. 
 Also, if I need to read how someone does something with "feline grace", how dominant are all the "males" and how Aelin will "rattle the stars" one more time, I'll start screaming. 
 There were some things that saved the experience, though. I enjoyed some of the action and plot twists, and I care deeply about the secondary characters, especially Manon and Lysandra. 
 I will read the final book because I have already invested so much time in this series and want to see how it ends, but I don't have any high expectations about it. 
 This is a far cry from what used to be my favorite YA series, and it makes me so damn sad. 
 As for the "feline grace" that SJM likes to describe... in this book it felt more like this: