I knew going in that I don't love Meyer's writing style — which is why I deliberately chose the audiobook, so that I could focus on the story over the prose. That helped, as did a pretty expressive narrator, but it didn't make me any more invested in the characters (archetypal and pretty flat, honestly) or the plot (tropey, with lots of shoehorned allusions).

So as much as I usually love a good villain backstory, I didn't find this all that engaging.

TBR swap for BnT reading challenge with Skye Rose.