I'm happy I didn't find out about this book until it was out. The reason being: many a months being tortured waiting to be able to read it. 
 That being said, when I did find out about this book I picked it up right away and devoured it! The thing about this book is that the writing may not have been the best, but the actual novel, the story, the characters were interesting and entertaining. 
 (view spoiler)[This is a story about a girl named Tillandra (how cool of a name is that?!) who is a bastard, the child of Duke Kent. What I genuinely like about her is the fact that she does want to be legitimized, so she can have the title of being a lady, so that she doesn't have to sit at the bastard table at the end of the dinning hall, so that she can have all the pretty dresses and accessories her heart desires. I like this because, honestly, it's very relatable. In so many YA fantasy and sci-fi novels you see these badass female characters that don't give a damn about being pretty or really having their hearts desire. While this is awesome and I love those characters, I don't think it's realistic. I know if I were in a world like the one in Royal Bastards, Red Queen, Divergent, etc., well I'd want to feel pretty and I would want things. So I really appreciated that about Tilla and it plays a big theme throughout the book. 
 Anywhose, sorry about that rant. So Tilla is a bastard and she has a half broth named Jax who she is very close to. The book starts off with Tilla having to attend a banquet that the Kent family is hosting for the princess of the kingdom. Thing is, the princes, Lyriana (these names, I swear!), decides to sit at the bastard table which is how Tilla, Jax, Zell, Miles, and Lyriana end up together witnessing Zell's father, Tilla's father, and Miles' mother killing Lyriana's uncle. This starts a journey that the five teens must travel to the King's castle to tell the truth of what happened, as the parents have a bounty out for the teens heads saying they murdered Lyriana's uncle. Throughout the book Tilla struggles with her desires of wanting everything to go back to normal and being loyal to her father or doing what is right. (hide spoiler)] 
 I really really enjoyed this!! I'll admit some parts I had to try really hard not to roll my eyes. But overall it was great. And I felt like the characters really grew. Especially Lyriana, man did she annoy me at first, but near the end I grew to genuinely like her. I would say the only character that didn't progress (even regressed) was Miles. I frickin hate that kid. 
 All in all I really quite enjoyed this. I cannot wait for the next book, which it is unclear whether there will be a second one, but there are just too many unanswered question for there not to be a second. If this is a stand alone, well then I have to say the ending SUCKED!! So fingers crossed that this is a series. 
 HAPPY READINGS!!!