Court of Blood and Bindings

i think i need a break from romantasy books

four and a half stars for characters that aren't simply black and white

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- the characters are all complex and not simply done black and white (except maybe the sadistic tyrant ruling the fae and suppressing other races) and it's been a while where i had so many characters that made me feel complicated. disliking their actions but understanding where they come from (especially book 2)
- emelin basically gets shoved in between bad blood that's older than her. everybody needs therapy but nobody is willing to talk about past issues unless they have no other choice and as much as i usually hate miscommunication it's pretty valid
- in another timeline Creon would be a golder retriever boyfriend, as it is he's a ball of drama, trauma and self-hate
- don't think i ever had a ml with a disability and it's beautifully done and emelin is probably developing a hand fetish

This is a very hard book to rate so I'll leave it without a rating. Honestly, it started out strong I was sure that it'll be a 4 star read at least but the female main character started getting on my nerves the more I read. There were several inconsistencies one of which is the fact that her family seemingly hates her but then she longs to be with them???

I thought one of the redeeming aspects was the magic system but other than that too much time was spent on the romance part, and too little on the world building. The ending was a little too convenient as well.