Why do people say this is better than Tower of Dawn is beyond me.
It's good, really, but still there were so many moments (

especially at the end

), where I wanted to throttle the characters (and the fandom).

I still can't find Aelin likable. I know so many people love her but she's just too unsuferable for me sometimes. My main problem is her lack of communication.

The cliffhanger at the end could have been avoided, of maybe at least made easier if she'd just communicated, dammit !

But since Feyre is the same, maybe it's just how SJM writes her FMCs...

My other main problem is how some characters are being hated at, while Aelin is always depicted as someone who can do no wrong, even tho she can. Aelin probably would've done the sale thing that

Lorcan, or Chaol, or Dorian

did, but she would never ve been treated like this afterwards. Why does she get a "Get out of jail" free pass ?!?!?

For me, it feels like she's the only character who's not evolving (perhaps with Aedion). All the others are learning to be in a group, a court, a war, to be together. They compromise. But Aelin doesn't and everyone acts like that's totally normal.

And like, I've seen people say how devastating that ending is, but I was too busy being mad at Aelin and Lyssandra to actually feel devastated...
I had the same issu with Nehemia's death, i was too mad at her for setting this up and confused as why Aelin was mad at Chaol to actually feel devastated.
Hopefully KoA wont have this issue, I wanna cry ! (watch me regret ever saying this in 2 weeks lol)

My secondary problem is the arrival of "spice". Why ?! Oh WHY ?!

Otherwise I really enjoyed that book !

Seeing some Assassin's Blade character come back was great

, and I loved seeing Dorian and Manon and Rowan !