I've had such high hopes for this book - it seemed to have all the tropes I adore. But I've ended up disappointed. The reasons for my disappointment:

None of the main characters are likable in the slightest. One's anti-social arrogance and the other one's utter stupidity are not tempered with enough positive qualities, plus neither actually grows out of it in the course of the book.

The heroine embodies that "women run on feeeeeelings, are not capable of logic, and should succeed by just doing what feeeeeels right" thing that I happen to hate

The romance has nothing leading to it. They hate each other, then they make some magic together and want to jump each other, then they hate each other again. No character development, no conversations, nothing.


There was one good thing about this book, though. The description of the Wood is absolutely, masterfully creepy. It is an excellent locale and an excellent antagonist