4.11 AVERAGE

dark emotional mysterious medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Felt predictable, a lot of phrases repeated a lot which annoyed me. Aldi version of ACOTAR. Also decided she loved Sorin and married him in about 1 second.
adventurous hopeful inspiring fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Felt repetitive at times....drawn out arguments, etc. Kind of a slog to get through the first like 60% and then ofc tons of reveals/twists happening at the end to where I'll probably continue to read the series lol. Wouldn't move to top of my tbr just yet though.
adventurous dark medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: No
adventurous emotional medium-paced
adventurous dark emotional tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Overall rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️💫 4.4

First half of the book was a 4 star, second half a 4.5 which did manage to hold more weight for me in the overall 4.4, but still rounding down for StoryGraph to the 4.25 

Lots of “filler” to develop the romance which is fine if I was reading a simple romance book but it sort of dragged the plot in a book like this for my personal taste. It was clear the author wanted to make sure their relationship felt full enough for their actions to feel earned, and it at least did that job despite it making the book a bit too slow at the same time for me. It finally picked up and got the plot moving along enough to pull me back in though, so I’m quickly moving into the next book 
adventurous challenging dark emotional slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
adventurous hopeful mysterious tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated