** spoiler alert ** 
 first read's review, march 8, 2016 
 Where do I even BEGIN?? 
 Okay, first, Feyre. I love her so much, and she could really hold her own and she was so admirable, and I feel like she would be like me, if, you know, she was real. Feyre was SUCH A COOL CHARACTER and I just. Yessssssssss. 
 Tamlin!!!! TAMLIN!!! Toward the end, he was more of a "...wat r u doin" character for me, but in the beginning.... I LOVED HIM. ((I will wait, I will wait, for him)) 
 Lucien is the BEST cinnamon roll. The banter between the two was SO ENJOYABLE for me, and I feel like he's like Feyre's big brother, you know? 
 Okay, Rhysand. In his first scene where he saves Feyre, I had heard about him before, and was like oh god. No. But then I was really confused to why people liked him, because I absolutely DESPISED him. but THENNNNNN he was just really caring and now I'm stuck. His and Feyre's banter was honestly one of my favorite things. 
 We all know how we feel on I-can't-even-remember-her-name. 
 The family, I felt, was very wavering for me, but they're still pretty great characters and I wouldn't mind them coming back. 
 Okay, moving on. 
 This could be a standalone (which I'm insanely glad it's not) and I preordered ACOMAF before I read this, so I am proud of my investment. 
 I'm not sure if anyone else felt this way, but I kept on comparing ACOTAR to ToG?? Like I was already expecting great things because, you know, it's Sarah J. Maas and ToG is my favorite series, but I was confused for the longest time because the faeries/Fae are similar, but once I got them separated and the ACOTAR system worked itself out in my head, the book just skyrocketed in my love for it. 
 Anyways, READ ACOTAR. And if you have, then you know what I'm talking about. 
 second read's review, may 4, 2017 
 (4.5 stars) 
 i apologize for my first review from my first read. what the HECK was i trying to say??? 
 tbhhh I didn't connect to the characters as much in this book. also, i was only ~truly~ invested in the story when you-know-who was speaking. 
 despite that, it was SO COOL to see things that i blindly skipped over in my first read. also, you could easily explain my lessened interest through the knowledge that i have from ACOMAF. 
 well, time to attempt to read ACOMAF in 5 days. wish me luck! 
 (also, finding little nods to beauty & the beast... ahhh. the best.)