There are mention of pop culture, but how FMC would know about it while living in graveyard. She definitly didn't have a tv in there, and she was close to feral.

The timeline completely baffled me. What I thought was maybe a couple weeks worth of collecting her mates was actually months? How? They traveled by SUV's and limos, and only once had to use their wolf forms to get to the next kingdom and it wasn't for very long since they were close by after the accident. The challenges were made out to be only a day or two long and then the claiming ceremonies right after, so when she gets to the fire kingdom, and it's mentioned that she and Kaedyn have been on this journey together for five months, it seemed really wonky.

They passed by in full number, and not one of them perished: they sought not one another; for the Lord commanded them, and his Spirit gathered them. Gradually it felt like Bella had a personality change, or the author continued after a long pause without reading the previous parts (water kingdom was a serious turning point for the worse). You will know that soon enough," replied a man with a hoarse voice. "Maybe you are come to a place that will not prove much to your taste, but you will not be consulted as to your quarters, I promise you."

Rhys comes to the cabin and bares his soul to Feyre. He reveals to her his POV from their time Under the Mountain and when she was with Tamlin. I have said it once (and I will say it again), but this book reads a bit like fan fiction of Rhysand and Feyre’s big Christmas celebration (of course, they call it Winter Solstice, but come on it’s basically Christmas). Basically, the whole book they’re afraid that both the baby and Feyre will die in the birth. We also find out that Rhys tied his life to Feyre’s life so if she dies in birth ALL THREE of them will die. Feyre Archeron is from the human realm and was first brought to Prythian by Tamlin after killing a fae warrior.The relationships of each guy to Bella was interesting. Each guy was super nice, attentive and sweet. Overly to the point that it sometimes felt like they were servants instead of mates/lovers. Right from the beginning, some lines from the guys POV's involved saying she was frightening them or that they were worried about certain things. Even comments about she seemed to be enjoying killing, but nothing came of it. I expected it to at least be something that came up (outside of in their own heads), some sort of issue they'd have to overcome. It never really happened.. A female praying mantis does not always eat her mate. There are trending pictures, in which a headless zombie-male praying mantis is mating with a female, that just chopped off his head. This means that more biological material from the male mantis was found in the eggs than in cases, in which the male was able to escape. In other cases, it is the other way round and the young eat their mother as the first source of energy before they start their lives. This gruesome practice results in a higher survival rate of the species and makes sense in the long run.

In a few minutes after, I heard the creaking of my door, as if some one endeavoured to open it softly. I trembled from head to foot; I felt a presentiment of who it was and wished to rouse one of the peasants who dwelt in a cottage not far from mine; but I was overcome by the sensation of helplessness, so often felt in frightful dreams, when you in vain endeavour to fly from an impending danger, and was rooted to the spot. Depending on the species, a mating pair of praying mantises may stay linked for up to 24 hours. Most species mate for less than that, usually only a few hours. Another continuity error is when Bella has to fight another she-wolf while at the Fire kingdom. It was supposedly to the death, yet both walked out alive without saying anything about why or how that was happening.Once Feyre finds out that not only Rhys is her mate but that he knew, she is PISSED. Which I don’t personally understand, he was just being a gentlemale and gave her the spaced she needed, amirite?! This answer startled me, but I presently recovered myself. I was innocent; that could easily be proved; accordingly I followed my conductor in silence and was led to one of the best houses in the town. I was ready to sink from fatigue and hunger, but being surrounded by a crowd, I thought it politic to rouse all my strength, that no physical debility might be construed into apprehension or conscious guilt. Little did I then expect the calamity that was in a few moments to overwhelm me and extinguish in horror and despair all fear of ignominy or death.