3.25 Stars, methinks. 
 I wish there was more showing of feelings and emotions, rather than just telling. There were a few scenes that were nicely emotionally charged, but as a whole it just felt kind of flat. America is a nice enough girl, I'm sure, but I never felt any urgency to her actions. I understand her heartbreak is keeping her slightly aloof and all -- having my heart broken recently myself, trust me, I understand it -- but at the same time it makes her nothing but a spectator in her own life, and I think even she realizes that at the end -- that she needs to be an active participant in what's going on around her. 
 Maxon, too, was nice enough, but he seemed almost too passive -- a cookie cutter composite of all the Disney princes, who don't really do anything, and just expect things to work out in the end. Right now, there's no spark between America and himself, no real drive for us as readers to desperately want them together. 
 What I am desperately hoping, is that these flaws are because it's a debut novel, and the start of the series, and I do so hope that as the story progresses it will get better. Guess we'll just have to wait and see. 
 Please, Ms. Cass's editor, don't come after me with a hatchet. Kthnxbye.