I'm not going to lie to you. This wasn't perfect, and that's the only reason it's not getting anything higher than a 4 star rating.

I am also not going to compare ACoTAR with Cruel Beauty. Okay that's a lie, I am. I just won't do it too much, because these are two very different books, imo.

If Cruel Beauty was poetic, a sweeping, sometimes tragic, ballad of an Epic Love - then ACoTAR was the start to an action-packed, romantic Faerie saga, just the kind of story Sarah J Maas is famous for.

In short, this was an entertaining read and, even though I wasn't blown away by it, I enjoyed it immensely.

Full review here