4.5! 
 First things first. I bought this book after seeing everyone owning it. I totally gave in and bought it. 
 I wasn't anticipating it nor was I interested in owning it! It was simply a new book and I didn't even KNOW what it was about. I mean, I haven't even finished reading other Maas books so why would I get this one? 
 But, of course, after seeing everyone with their copy and then everyone LOVING their copy I was like "okay, let's buy it". And thank goodness I did because wow! What a ride!! 
 So, main character is Feyre "fey-RUH" (another thing, why don't publishers put the pronunciation chart AT THE BEGINNING OF THE STORY?! I mean what's the point in realizing you been mispronouncing the names when you're done reading it?!) 
 Okay, but Feyre. She is the protagonist and she comes from a once wealthy family. Her father was a merchant then lost everything. Her mother died when she was young. She lives with her two sisters and her father. When her mother died, her mom made her promise to care for her family and to not let them die or something like that. 
 First off, this bothered the hell out of me. Why would her mom do that? Her family was so utterly shitty. Her dad with his "messed" up leg did nothing but let his children starve. And poor little Feyre had to provide for her entire family?! God, they were horrible. One wanted to grow a flower garden & the other wasted the money left and right. Yeah, there's some redeeming but still. I found this to be a weak trope where we give the protagonist a bad family that makes the MC stronger and "independent". But I did like Feyre and was deliriously happy when she was taken from them! 
 After she is taken by Tamlin into Prythian, everything starts falling into place. I wasn't annoyed with her family since they were no longer in the picture. It took me a bit to get into the story but after the romance began, holy guacamole! I didn't want it to end. I love Tamlin so much!! He was such a great "Beast". I wanted more of him in every page. Lucien and Alis were also pretty great. Rhysand, man I don't know what to think of him. I don't really like him. I am interested in knowing more about him but not in a point of view that would have me falling for him, if you get what I mean. (Also, why if there's two male interest, one has to be a blonde-ish guy and the other dark haired? Why can't they both be dark haired? Why not both be blondes?? LOL this is off topic but just throwing it out there!) 
 Anyways, I found the world to be slightly underdeveloped, but this IS just the first book so I'm sure we'll be seeing more of the other realms in the other books! But what we DID get to experience was wonderful! The starlight pond!? The willow-o'-the-wisp! These descriptions/scenes were some of my favorites with the beautiful imagery and I wanted so badly to JUMP into the book! I wish they made this scene into a movie just so I could see the beauty. Some of the scene had me scared for life--like that scene with that thing that you can't look at? *shivers* I hope we get to look at more creatures of this world cos I find them super interesting. 
 So, if you haven't bought this book you may want to think of buying it. It's crazy good filled with suspense, loads of romance, and great description. The hype is well deserved.