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I LOVED the ACOTAR series and CC was never as good but I had enjoyed it and was looking forward to CC3. But I felt like it didn’t read like SJM had written it, it was chaotic and many of the characters seemed to have had personality transplants.
Bryce reverted to spoilt, immature brat and I hated her. The romance between her and Hunt (which was amazing in CC2) was non-existent in CC3.
The storyline was awful - there was no peril for the main characters bc well, no one important dies and lots of characters are lifted to high positions in the houses. Oh and the pesky plot points? All sorted out way too easily.
The only positive in the whole thing for me was Ruhn and Lidia…
I was actually disappointed I’d pre-ordered it in hard copy as I only buy hard copies when I know I will re-read (I’m usually a kindle girly), and I DEFINITELY won’t be reading this again!

@Jo I was really upset over how Ruhn treated Lidia, especially how she shared her trauma in book two, and then more of her story was shared in book three and Ruhn was not willing to listen or acknowledge it because of who she was. He gave me the ick in this book and a lot of his actions didn't sit well with me.

I LOVED the ACOTAR series and CC was never as good but I had enjoyed it and was looking forward to CC3. But I felt like it didn’t read like SJM had written it, it ..."
Personality transplant fits so well lol. But at the same time it felt like they all kept switching between what they wanted and they all just seemed so self-centered. Honestly they read like stereotypical teenagers.
And YES the little plot points had NO impact AT ALL. I just remembered how wowed i was at those moments in ACOTAR and TOG and nope it didn't feel like this book was written with much heart or thought. Things happened waayyyy to easily.
I was seriously disappointed too.

Do we think there will be a 4th book though? Is there a 4th book confirmed?
I know there’s House of Many Waters left, but it just feels so done to me that I almost don’t see the point? Which makes me really sad because I truely loved this series 🙌🏽



Reminder that you're in the HOFAS thread and this might not be what you're looking for?
But also, I don't understand what you mean by similarities. Obviously it's written by the same author so there's going to be similarities in writing style, if that is what you mean?