Papa Archeron receives a lot of hate, and rightly so, for letting Feyre hunt, but he needs to receive far more hate then he does for turning a blind eye to Nesta's abuse for years. He either didn't notice or didn't care to notice his young daughter coming home with bruises. As someone who's been abused while a parent looked the other direction, I totally understand Nesta's hatred of the man and it's 100% justifiable. SJM twisting the narrative to make it seem like Papa Archeron - this man who did nothing to protect Nesta from abuse, who was willing to let his daughters starve to death, who let Feyre hunt - is a heroic and loving father, while making Nesta - the daughter who was abused for years - into the wicked, hateful daughter who doesn't deserve his love is just despicable. Every child deserves a better father than Papa Archeron.
What would have made more sense is if Feyre and Nesta had to come to terms with the fact that their father did nothing to protect them their entire lives, but yet somehow did love them...at least enough to help them in the war.
At least Feyre, despite all she's been through, knows she's worthy of love and knows what kind of love she deserves. Nesta still thinks she doesn't deserve her useless father's crappy version of "love" and that she needs to endeavor to be worthy of it, which shows me that she's barely begun the healing process. Only someone who's been abused can think so lowly of themselves. Hopefully with Nesta meeting and bonding with Ember, she'll come to the realization that she is worthy of love, that she is worthy of someone standing up for her, defending her, and protecting her.
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