A Court of Thorns and Roses

I struggled to rate this between a 2 and a 2.5.

Listen, I'm not going to judge anyone for reading this and I will finish the whole series since I've already started but..... I can't say I'm impressed by the writing or the lack of originality in storylines here. It really does feel like some slightly (and I do mean slightly- the spice is low) NSFW version of Beauty & the Beast. Also- then how many different popular fantasy novels can have some brooding man who reads the main character's mind in them?? What is that phenomenon? The characters are all fairly one dimensional despite how much world building there seems to be happening.