*1.5

DNF'd about halfway through (don't have my copy anymore so I don't know exactly how far in I was)

I was really excited to read this because a) I love more SJM books than I hate and b) Beauty and the Beast is my second favourite movie of all time so I'm down for any retelling of it. The first couple chapters were really promising, showing Feyre's home life and all that. But then she went to faerie and...... nothing happened. There is zero plot and I didn't like the characters enough to stay invested.

I hated Tamlin pretty much from the get go (apparently this is a popular opinion as of ACOMAF??) and thought his and Feyre's relationship had nothing romantic about it. As the story went on, Feyre didn't gain any personality other than Mary Sue and I started to get annoyed at her refusal to listen to anyone.

The real point where I was done was when the festival or whatever was happening and Tamlin started sexually assaulting Feyre. Like, did people actually ship them after that??

I continued for a while after that but then I put it down one day and never picked it back up. From what I've heard about ACOMAF and ACOWAR, I don't think it was worth me continuing. I hope you enjoyed it more than I did.