A Court of Thorns and Roses

I'll be honest, if it hadn't been because people I trust with books told me the second one (A Court of Myst and Fury) was better, I wouldn't have finished this book. I do love the world building even if the characters and the whole Beauty and the Beast thing are pretty typical. And the writing is good. But I'm usually more into the characters, so even if the overall story is engaging I won't care unless I really, really like a character and the problem I had with this book is I didn't really care about anyone in particular.

Both Feyre and Tamlin are so very uninteresting when put together that I looked forward to her interacting with anyone but him. Her relationship with Lucien, and even Rhysand, were far more interesting. Probably because the author didn't have to convince us they were in love after two meaningful conversations and she could focus on actually developing their friendship/enemyship. The romance part fell short, too forced for my taste, but I am a self declared fan of slow burn so it's to be expected that any kind of instant love wouldn't appeal to me.

I've started the second one, though, and I'm enjoying it way more than the first. But that's a review for another day :P