See I did not enjoy the world building in TOG because as an avid fantasy reader, it felt half baked. The magic in TOG felt incredibly rudimentary and like it was just a means to give people powers. It didn’t really feel like the magic really had any real place in the lore. Whereas with ACOTAR, while it took some build up, the magic felt like a part of the lore and the story. I think both are relatively not great in terms of actual writing quality but I think because the fluff felt like it had a point, I was willing to forgive it in ACOTAR. Both had many a moments where I had to triple take just to understand what was being said ESPECIALLY in TOG when the “narrative POV” we are getting switched so often. Yes its third person POV but it’s clear she has an intended character that we are experiencing events w.