The writing wasn’t terrible, but sweet baby Jesus it was too long. Seriously like 200 pages could have been taken out and it would have been better. There’s a huge cast but not much plot so we get a lot of filler to set up for subsequent books.
And goddamn I don’t mind Mary Sues, especially in romance, but could it BE more obvious the heroine is supposed to be the author. I haven’t read a Mary Sue this extreme since [b:The Name of the Wind|186074|The Name of the Wind (The Kingkiller Chronicle, #1)|Patrick Rothfuss|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1515589515l/186074._SX50_.jpg|2502879].