I'm not saying its an exemplary book because it isn't. To be completely honest, there were parts that I couldn't bare to deal with a whole paragraph. The points of tension, relationship wise, weren't something that really made me feel like something was going wrong. 
 I'm extremely fond of the story and I'm hoping that the next book comes out sooner than it was announced. I need to know that she doesn't do everything that is dumb, again. Her character is naive, yes, and probably not well developed but most of the flaws people have written bad reviews about are due to her lack of education and upbringing. The same goes for Aspen. 
 That's not all I have to say about the bad reviews though. Again, this book couldn't be further away from The Hunger Games! Yet I find that in most, is not all, bad reviews it is strictly matched up against it. Push back, people. 
 I liked the plot. It was captivating and unlike most second books of series, it was not plainly informative. The story moved forward and the characters have grown. Now, to wait. 
 Written from NYC :) 
 Willy