I'm guessing that people hate Anora because Alistair can marry her and she gets to be Queen (if you choose that route), but their character can't (unless you play human noble). But I might be wrong about this. I haven't poked around enough to tell yet, but I'm just getting that vibe that the Alistair fangirls are going to hate her.

I liked her too. She's pragmatic, intelligent and self serving, and she and Alistair make sense as a royal couple. If he hadn't been so adamant about not being king, I probably would have insisted that they get married.