THIS IS ONE OF THE BEST FANTASY BOOKS I'VE EVER READ.

A friend recommended it to me and said it's very similar to ACOTAR. It's literally ACOTAR but DARK.
The first part was insanely confusing to me. I didn't understand a single thing. And I wasn't so into it until around 60%. After that I couldn't put it down!!!!

Some parts are so sick and twisted but I absolutely loved it. I will reread it for sure to understand everything better. This book can't be read only once. It is complex. The world building is so good. I highly recommend.


The similarities with ACOTAR are insane. High Lords. Prythian. Bat-winged people called the Eyriens who live in mountain camps. They are warriors who brutalize their females and prevent them from learning to fight. They have a rite of passage called the Blood Run. Evil queen who enslaves poweful males to be her sxc slaves. A court called the Dark Court where the MMC is from. The MMC (Daemon) is literally Rhysand. Lucivar is Cassian. There are colored jewels which is the same thing as siphons. They talk about Eyrien wing size correlating to parts of male bodies . "Like calls to like.". And there are so many characters the same as ACOTAR characters and I won't get into details.
This is no shade to SJM though. I only wanted to point out the similarities.