perigou

One of the most interesting magic systems I've read in a long time ! I went into this almost blind (I had only read the very beginning of the description, about how it's about industrialized magic and I was in) and I had a blast.
I loved the “heist” flavour, I liked all the characters, they were all intriguing, well-written and flawed and I loved that ! I really liked the pacing too.
I liked the end a little bit less, it was all becoming too big for my liking.  

Really enjoyable read ! I found the beginning a bit slow, but once everyone was together it was really fun and I loved how all the relationships developed. The romance was a bit cliché, but it was exactly the kind of cliché I was looking for so I really enjoyed it.
I found the ending a bit forced though.  

My first read after years of reading almost nothing. I expected a “cliché” but nicely written story. I was a bit disappointed because I didn't like the prose nor the main characters. It was still entertaining and I really enjoyed the “folklore” elements (the fae creatures that are not the “Fae people”). I think the pace is also quite good.

I actually quite enjoyed the beginning of the book, when Feyre was in the Spring Court. It felt tense and I love that !. From about the middle of the book, I was getting bored and annoyed with the book. There are too many things that I don't like in this series like all the “mates” stuff and especially how it's different between men and women, the “males/females” thing, the prose, how everyone puts their trust in Feyre for such an important political role when she's 20 and has no idea about the history or the intricacies of the politics of this world that was completely foreign to her a year ago, the inconsistencies, how bad SJM is at “Show don't tell” and how she handles larger scales stories. I really think she was better with the small scale that was the first book.

Of course I did like some things with the book, otherwise I would have DNF'd (I won't read the next books though, at least not right now, I need a break) : I still love the folklore bits here and there with mysterious beings with incomprehensible wills (those feel way more “fae” than the pointy-eared tall humans, I like it more though I can understand people preferring the alternative), I loved the weird bits when Elain was beginning to get her powers and was saying strange and frightening things (I think it was kinda spoiled when she began to be normal about it though), I enjoyed the “background” relationships, and I think SJM is still good at making shit happen when I'm beginning to get bored.