Children of Blood and Bone

I'm surprised at how low I rated this because i was actually really enjoying the beginning. i thought it was a little trope-y, sure, but the writing was easy, the characters were fun and it seemed like an interesting enough premise. but the downfall of this book for me is inan. i don't know what it is about him but he makes me feel so icky. i hated being in his head and his romance with zelie straight up creeped me out. it was beyond insta-love, filled with angst and saturated in melodrama, and didn't even make sense. one minute they were fighting, and the second inan doesn't act like a douchebag, zelie was in love with him? i'm not buying it. he also changed his mind about magic on a dime, seemingly with only one driving force behind it. he didn't feel like a deep character to me; he felt like a flopped attempt at a complex character that ended up confused and all-over0the-place. the only character i really liked was amari; i've seen her character before, sure, but iactually enjoyed her chapter and thought she was pretty well-written. i enjoyed her arc. the rest of them could be copy-and-pasted from any other fantasy story i've read. i most likely won't continue on with this series unless i'm bored one day and get curious about the cliffhanger.