A Court of Thorns and Roses

A Court of Thorns and Roses was a book I read because I couldn't escape it. Everywhere you turn in the book community, you see Maas, which is amazing for her, and I respect that, so I thought I'd pick up her most talked about series. Going into it knowing everything wasn't ideal.
Tamlin was fun to read about, but knowing that “the first love interest is never the final” spoke about every time Maas is mentioned kinda ruined the whole plot of this book for me. Having now finished the first book, I can see what's coming in future entries without even trying. At least I now know some of the quotes and names I see around and they make more sense to me.

Feyre, like every human in these Fae based stories, somehow manages to attract the attention of... everyone? What it is it about human women and ancient Fae Lords or Princes (or whatever the term whatever Fae book I'm reading at any given time decides to use). Clearly humans are something special.... I don't know. It felt very much like the cliche, “Feyre isn't like other girls.” without explicitly saying it.

That's not to say I didn't enjoy my time spent reading this book. I just feel like much of it was wasted on me due to the many, many spoilers and my belated reading of this. A few years back, I think I would've loved this. Honestly, I was worried about selling anything ACOTAR related I ever got in book boxes, but at least now I won't regret that too much! I'm almost disappointed I can't join the obsession, but there's also a silver lining on not spending the money on it! So, I get the enjoyment people get from these books, but I think I was a little too late to the party for it.