No series fails to put me into a massive reading slump like this one does.

A Court of Mist and Fury is the allegedly better sequel to ACOTAR, and when I picked it up for the reread, I literally could not remember any plot points about this book. Why? Because I'm discovering that there aren't really any, but we'll get to that later. As I said before, I see why there is an appeal to this story...but I can't get past the 75% of absolutely nothing. I'm honestly considering dropping my ACOTAR rating so I can drop this one too...
In the first book, the "action" started around 60%, so at least most of the second half of the book was somewhat interesting. But this one? The first 75% was just...nothing. There's an oncoming threat of war and tensions are rising and all of this crazy political stuff is happening - but it's not. It's just Feyre moping around, being lonely, and arguing with Rhys for no apparent reason so she can go back to flirting with him two minutes later. At 75%, there's a brief action scene ... then complaining followed by a bunch of smut ... and then the real "climax" lasts for about two or three chapters at 92%. It's so much random, useless build-up for a few chapters of "interesting" stuff. I will admit that the last few chapters were fast-paced and I actually liked them, but everything else just made me want to slam my head into a wall.
The only reason this book is potentially better than the first (besides the main action at the end), is that at least there's a handful of other characters that are tolerable. Azriel is might favorite because he has a tragic backstory and he doesn't get involved in everyone else's crap. That's literally it. Mor, Cassian, and Amren are tolerable. Rhys grew on me...and then I started to dislike him again. He's not a bad love interest, he's just a little bit bland. And Feyre...I think she might be on my top 3 list of my most hated protagonists in all of YA. I have some reasons (she butts her way into a found family, she acts all emo like she's the only one with trauma, etc) but mostly I just don't like her. She sort of redeems herself at the end but I still refuse to believe that there is any original, intelligent thought in her head.
Half of the problems in this book could be solved with some therapy, which is why I'm not really a fan of A Court of Mist and Fury. I understand why people like it, but I genuinely don't know if I want to move onto ACOWAR because this series is great at making me not want to read anymore.
3/5 (but closer to a 2.75, I just need it to be slightly higher than ACOTAR...so maybe a 2.8?)
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