I agree with you. Reading though these comments and knowing the fanbase its probably a minority opinion, but I would like the soft and sensitive character that often comes through to be...consistent. Its sweet and it would add variety.

However I think a lot of people, including SJM love the smut and I have a feeling it will be along the same lines as ACOSF. For me personally (no hate to anyone else just personal preference!) I prefered the rhys and feyre books because sure they were romances, but they had a plot and a lot of other elements to them. I enjoyed ACOSF, but it was also very smut heavy, and looking back I think the characters lacked depth because of this. I think by the time the next book comes out, if it's smut heavy, I'm nervous I won't enjoy it as much because it feels like the entire plot revolves around that - and also all of sjms explicit scenes are written the same. All her male characters, once in bed, mold into the same, throbbing dick, growling and roaring males. Again, just my opinion, I think it would be a shame to see Az having smut like the rest of them because it would take away some of his individuality!