I went into this one with pleasantly LOW expectations and at least at the beginning, it looked like I was going to be proven wrong. The opening was solid, intriguing and I was buckled in and ready for what appeared to be a surprisingly good time. 

And then we violently crashed down a hill. 

Somehow, most of the ACTUAL plot happened OFF the screen. It was like this buffet of filler content that dragged on and on and on and on. I considered DNFing several times but decided to finish out of spite. 

The slow burn really TRIED in the beginning of the story and wasn't terrible. But then there was ONE (read that again ONE) spicy moment and BAM. Honestly, I felt more chemistry between Tamlin and Feyre before I DNFd that one (at like 20%) than I did here. 

If we were to cut all the fluff and gave this plot some structure, it could easily be chopped in half. Don't get me wrong, this isn't the worst thing I've ever read ACOTAR still takes that cake, but it was very much a miss.