Still conflicted about this series. I like the characters enough but the story was odd. The first part with Feyre in the spring court and the escape with Lucien was fun. But then the book suffers from major pacing issues until the end. The stakes are higher in theory, but it just doesn’t feel like it. Especially since our main cast made it out okay. E.g., as much as I like Rhys, I think it would have been better for the story if Rhys had actually died there at the end!
The book still has that “fanfiction-y” less serious tone of the second book, but that’s okay. The author is also not great at the whole “show don’t tell” thing. There’s a lot of info dumps here!
I was less interested in Feyre and Rhys this time, but Nesta, Elain, Lucien are still really interesting characters. Most of the side characters are a lot of fun - though I did think Mor’s coming out story was pretty clumsy.
The writing also seemed much more repetitious in this one. Also I cannot handle the word “mate” anymore. I don’t like the whole “mating” system in the first place, but here she uses that word soooo many times. Also why does everyone need a mate? I thought those were rare.
Still, overall I liked it, even if I wasn’t as into it as the first two.