Actual rating: 2.5 
 First line: "Princess Lyriana came to Castle Waverly two months after I turned sixteen." 
 This was a book I was anticipating so intensely but unfortunately, I was left very disappointed. 
 Starting off with what I did like, this book was really quick to read and the story was a lot of fun. It was pretty tropey and the characters were stereotypical, but it wasn't enough to make me dislike it for those reasons. 
 Now for the things that did make me dislike it. Okay, maybe not dislike, but annoyed me and made me enjoy it much less than I really wanted to: 
 - Tilla didn't really sound like a young sixteen year old girl. It sounded like a man was writing her, and the author is just that - male. 
 - The narration and dialogue also sounded very modern, which aren't necessarily a bad thing, but paired with the fantastical/older setting and plot sounded out of place. 
 - Some of things the characters were doing (drinking, sex), would've worked better if the characters were aged up, being 17 or 18 instead of 15 and 16. I kept forgetting that they were actually younger than I thought and again, it made things seem a bit off. 
 - The characters were dropping the L word constantly after only being together for roughly a month. Like relax children, stop saying you're ready to spend forever with each other. 
 I would still recommend this book if you're looking for something quick and fun to read, but know that there are many others like it and do it much better than this particular one.