Rosanne

This is unfortunately the book that made Rhysand drop to the bottom of my book boyfriend list. Wow. That guy. The lack of empathy is astonishing. Suddenly the found family I got to know in the first four books have turned into a clique of mean people who have very limited space for error when it comes to others outside of their circle. There is clearly no room for Nesta and her trauma's, and it was hard to read. Which makes it a good book, because boy did I feel things.

Thank the cauldron for Cassian, and Gwyn, Emerie and the House.

Also, the pregnancy thrope was unnecessarily complicated. And why didn't Elaine get a magical Illyrian anatomy upgrade hm? 👀 This brings me hope she will not end up with Azriel. Get back to your designated redheads, please.

The pace was a bit too slow for me, but it was a fun read. The plot twist towards the end took me by surprise, but I wish it would've been a standalone. I'm not sure I want to read part two, if it's going to be more of the same (being on the run, confusion surrounding her power, enemies left and right).

This book checked a lot of the boxes for romantasy, but almost too much? There were so many things I recognised from the big books in the genre, and that took some of the originality away. When the vampires were introduced I was actually disappointed. Vampires are not my jam, and it sort of came out of nowhere. But the book was smartly written, a good recipe to become a popular book. I can tell that a lot of thought went into writing it.

I loved Carrion, such a fun side character!