"I am disappointed. Despite the reviews, I actually enjoyed the first two books of this series. I liked the premise and I was excited to learn about the characters and the fae world. However, this book was a disappointment. It seems to me as if the publisher had thought that this book would sell anyways so they might as well skip the editing process and save some money. Idk.

Let’s start with the good stuff: I genuinely liked the plot. I thought it was a fitting end to the conflict that was built during the last two books. I also liked Nesta a lot, how her character was portrayed and how her relationship with Cassian grew. And I had a lot of fun reading the scene with all the High Lords at the Day Court. But that was about it.

This book starts off incredibly boring with Feyre at the Spring Court. The whole first 100 pages of the book felt so unengaging and I caught myself skipping through it. After Feyre returns to the Night Court, I had my hopes up high, that it would get better now. It didn’t. And at this point I realized that it wasn’t the fault of the plot. The problem are the characters.

*SPOILERS FROM HERE ON*

Feyre is unbelievably annoying in this book. At several points in the story, I wanted to through the book away, just because of her words and her acting. She has been High Lady for literally two months, but says stuff like “We grant refuge in Velaris for everyone that is coming here�, even though SHE has not done any political work whatsoever. It is all Rhys. He goes to all the meetings, makes plans with Azriel and Cassian, who btw are written flat as sh*t in this book, and talk to the other Lords and Ladies of their court. The only thing Feyre does is training with Cassian and running uselessly from person to person and distracting them from their tasks. All, while telling the reader again and again, what a great guy Rhys is and how much autonomy he gives her. In addition, she can’t do anything herself anymore. In the scene with Nesta in the library she has to be saved by Rhys and Cassian (which was completely unnecessary in my opinion) and later in the woods, she has to be saved by Helion. And later by Tamlin (Although, I might forgive this one, because you could consider Tamlin saving her vital to the plot).

The other characters are portrayed flat or inconsistent. Azriel has no character traits other than being mysterious and in love with Mor. Mor herself has no character traits than being bi (which is not even a character trait). Rhys is okay, I guess, but the whole “I will die to protect my family, but all of you should not think like this� is annoying.

The book itself is inconsistent in a lot of aspects or leaves just too many questions unanswered. If someone has answers for me please tell me. Why can Fae sometimes see in the dark and sometimes not (other than this being a plot device). Why is Rhys the most powerful High Lord ever born? Why don’t the High Lords use their power more often in the battle? What are the limits of their magic (other than using it exhausting them). What is “the thing� that Nesta stole from the Cauldron? Just to name a few. To go into detail for this would take pages, so I won’t do it. But I have to point out one thing, that SJM did, which I think is unforgivable.

DEAHT IS HOLY IN FICTION. She already violated it in the first book, when Feyre died and the High Lords brought her back, but I can see, why she had to do that, so it’s fine. But now, she did it again. I already thought that the book lacked tension, because after two books no one of the main or supporting characters had died, so I was pretty sure it wouldn’t happen in book three either. And I was right. Azriel should have died at some point in the battle, he was already way to injured. Rhys was dead, but WAS BROUGHT BACK. Amren was dead but WAS ALSO BROUGHT BACK. Ugh. I hate this. There are just no stakes if none of the characters ever die. Well, only the Dad, that has not been existent in the whole two and a half books before. I felt a bit bad for him.
All in all, great ideas, executed badly. A disappointing finale. 2.5. stars (Nesta carrying at least two of those)."