A Court of Thorns and Roses

This is actually more like 3.5 stars, but I'll round it up because the characters are fun and the world-building is beautiful... and for Rhysand. Feyre is a pretty good heroine too—not meek, but not absurdly sassy either.

What bothered me the most about this book was probably the pacing. It was really, really slow at the beginning, then Feyre looked away for a moment and everything was already in chaos. From there, the rest of the story feels rather rushed with sudden info reveals. The first one came from Alis, which I thought was fine since Feyre did need to know the secrets they kept from her, but the next reveal with Rhysand was just so... sudden. There was no build-up leading to that point, so it felt kind of forced.

Complaints aside though, I loved the romance and Feyre's interactions with the faeries—particularly Lucien. In the last 40% of the book I ended up liking Rhysand more than Tamlin (though I don't ship him with Feyre), and since this is clearly not the last time we'll see him, I hope he'll get more spotlight in the next books. I really like the writing style too, maybe it's about time to pick up Throne of Glass...