A Court of Thorns and Roses

I resisted ACOTAR for months because the hype felt intimidating, and now I want to go back in time and start sooner. Maas builds a world where faeries are beautiful and terrifying in equal measure, and Feyre's transformation from survival mode to power is earned, not handed to her. The first half is Beauty and the Beast in the best way; the second half is something entirely its own. I understand the obsession now.