** spoiler alert ** 
 I think I didn't give this book a fair chance. I began reading it right after I had finished The Kiss of Deception by Mary Pearson, and they're pretty much exactly the same book. Like, exactly. (view spoiler)[A young (royal) girl gets shipped off to a new nation/kingdom, has something special about her, gets kidnaped/dragged across a barren landscape, is expected to save/free her "enemies", everyone is in love with her.. (hide spoiler)] I could go on, but I'll stop there. I understand that this is a common trope among YA Fantasy and there's nothing new under the sun, but this is a series that has been talked about/praised highly and so I just expected...more, I guess? One of the main things that bothered me about this book is the constant bringing up of her weight. I guess I never really thought specifically about a characters weight before and the fact that they made her fat and made sure knew it kind of bothered me. But not only was she "fat," by he end of the book, she was skinny and all was right in the world. The whole thing was just "meh." Probably won't be reading the next one unless I really run out of books to read.