A Court of Thorns and Roses

Consider me entertained. I would argue that there was so much mystery in the beginning that how the plot was unfolding felt a little inexplicable, followed by too much exposition nearer the end to compensate for the earlier choice. I'm ambivalent about the criticism of the element of coercion in some of the sexual scenes I've read in reviews- this wouldn't be my first choice for a younger teen for that reason, for example, but I also think Maas counterbalanced that element with something that is also important: Feyre is clearly written as having her own desire and sexual agency (when circumstances don't constrain it), and those things are important, too. Another thing she succeeds at is that I really don't buy when romantic and/or sexual attraction is based in a too-flimsy manner on one character's immortality or magical status (and recently read a vampire romance novel I disliked for this very reason); the heat between the protagonist and her primary interest here felt more genuinely about chemistry not related to who was High Fae. ANYWAY, this is altogether too much thinking for a book that I would clearly define as a pleasure read! And I asked my friendly local bookstore owner to keep the next in the series behind the counter for me, so there's that.