I had a very similar experience with friends who knew I liked GOT and LOTR assuming I would like this too! I was feeling genuine rage towards the book by the end, like how could people think I would like this?? Lol.

Some of the world did sound cool to me, but the way the information was dumped with Violet reciting it when she’s nervous was sooooo silly and cringe to me. The dialogue was terrible and took me out of the fantasy setting entirely. And the romance was a huge nope from me, like she genuinely believes this guy wants to murder her but she can’t stop thinking about f***ing him? What?

LOL @ your Colleen Hoover comment 🤣 she would, wouldn’t she? :p