Out of all the books, I felt most uncomfortable with this one. The amount of sex that was written in made me feel like I wasn't reading a Young Adult novel, but rather full porn. There is nothing wrong with porn, but when I'm going in for a romantic fantasy young adult novel, that is what I want.

The first thing that threw me off is how suddenly Tamlin changed. I personally, did not see his abusive side coming. I never liked him and thought he was boring and annoying, but to see him suddenly become so abusive felt like it came out of left field. It felt forced, as just a way to get rid of him because Sarah Maas changed her mind about the character. It felt like she originally wanted Fey to get with him, but then she fell in love with Rhys and needed to find a way to get rid of Tamlin, so she made him suddenly abusive.

In addition, I thought it was completely wrong that we are supposed to praise Rhys for sleeping with the Queen, but punish Tamlin for the same thing. It is completely unfair. People love Rhys for doing the same thing Tamlin did, but punish Tamlin. Plus, Rhys says he knew they were mates, but kept his distance, which is a lie. He was constantly in Fey's business and trying to seduce her in the first book. He didn't stay away for her happiness; he was constantly trying to change her mind about Tamlin, who, I don't want people to forget, I don't like.

I also found it disgusting that we are supposed to praise Fey for cheating on Tamlin because Rhys is her mate. While we didn't find that out until later, it still was suddenly "OK" to cheat? I am not ok with cheating no matter what. It is so easy to end things since she is completely safe with Rhys. It made me feel like Sarah J. Maas get somehow turned on by cheating, and it just, sadly, disgusts me.

People tried to sway me into thinking Rhys is a good person because of the company he kept, but everyone loved Tamlin in the first book. I am just so confused about why people are so obsessed with this book and think it is any form of good literature.

Again, I did like the writing and I do enjoy the world, but the characters are... for lack of better words, disgusting. They are poorly written and only sexually driven.