perigou

I received an advance review copy for free, and I am leaving this review voluntarily.

A little slow to start, but once it's off it's a great ride. The story mostly takes place in the mansion, which I really liked because I like the tension it brings.

The mix of fantasy and mystery is great and keeps you invested in the story. The steampunk vibes + magic setting was quite refreshing, though I would have loved a bit more exposition on the secret magic society.

I loved Susan, despite usually not liking first person narrators. She's smart and pro-active, and the rest of the cast is vibrant and interesting. I was very happy that they ended up together, although I didn't 100% enjoy how it was made (it was a bit fast-tracked tbh)

I didn't like the end of the book as much, the pace changed and I wasn't convinced by the resolution.

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.  

I liked it !

Honestly the main thing that's preventing me to put this at 4 stars is the use of the first person, I just don't really enjoy that.

I really liked all of the intrigue and machinations. I didn't like the beginning as much though.

I think I'll pick up the next one.

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. 

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.

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.  

Nice read, doesn't take itself too seriously. I found the FMC a bit annoying at times but I've heard it gets better. I like that it's a slow-burn that's actually slow, too. 
I didn't like the writing at times, sometimes I had to re-read to understand what was going on (English isn't my first language), some sentences were weirdly long and rambling. Also I often didn't understand how the place was (it's important to me to be able to visualize what's going on).