A Court of Thorns and Roses

I think this is a solid book. It gets a lot of shit but I honestly think it's good, exciting, corny at parts absolutley, but I ultimately liked it.
There was a lot of talk back in the day before ACOMAF whether you were rooting for Feyre and Tamlin or Feyre and Rhysand and I honestly never really got why there was even a contest. And now still basing it off just the first book, and not considering what I know from the second, I still feel that way. Or at least, I don't think that whatever issues you can see in Feyre and Tamlin's relationship really have to do that much with Tamlin, and seem to have much more to do with Feyre, her self-worth (or how much she values her life), and what she believes the relationship means for her. I honestly don't think there's anything in Tamlin's actions of the first book that make him problematic without redemption. Feyre loves him, he loves Feyre. And that's basically it.
ANYWAY.
The book starts out pretty slow, like it really takes a while to get into it. Even during this reread, knowing what happens, the first few chapters just really drag. But I think the story finally kicks off when Feyre starts going out on trips with Lucien and essentially just begins to live an actual life, which she hasn't really ever done, and she finally becomes a person to the reader. I also actually like that Feyre supposedly overheard conversations and meetings on purpose, rather than simply by accident. I think it adds a nice layer to her figuring out what's going on. Although, upon this reread I really do wish the answer to Amarantha's riddle had been something else, like. Yikes, can we get more cliché than that?
I LOVED reading about the trials, I think they add such well-needed thrill and action to the story and basically I just really liked it.
I also found that my feelings about Nesta were much less hateful during this reread, like I really remember hating the crap out of Nesta but this time, I think when we see her after Feyre comes back from fairyland she's much more tolerable and I just generally liked her a lot more than I remembered doing during my first read. But I still think Elain is so annoying tho. Like can she stop with the innocent act, it makes me want to vomit every time I see it and Feyre just takes it, like, stop.
Overall, I think the book is fun and exciting and I really liked it.
Everyone is hot. So if you're not into that this might not be for you. Also, you know, the Fey are there. I happen to like the way SJM writes Fey (hot people, powers, and as I believe readwithcindy said, big dicks) but, again, if you're not into that it might not be for you.
ACOMAF HERE I GO!