Atmospheric, check. Faerie lore and academia, check. Multiple intriguing subplots, check.

On the other hand: This is written in the style of Olde English Academic Texts (the kind of book they made you read in high school that you SparkNotes'd instead), which I'm not really into but could potentially get past. The protagonist isn't labeled as autistic but fits the stereotype to a T, including arrogance and lack of empathy, and I'm not about that either.

But the dealbreaker for me is the obvious comp-het romance, which I am REALLY not into. I just don't buy it at all, and I like to think I'm pretty good at suspending disbelief even for romantic development. So added to the above, I'm not gonna be picking this one back up.