3.5 stars - My rating for this book is probably higher than it should be, but I found it enjoyable. 
 As other reviewers have said, it IS pretty stupid in parts (sometimes unexplainably so- it's mentioned near the beginning that condoms are outlawed in the lower castes, and then no explanation is given as to why. But it does go on to elaborate on how the lower castes are the most populated, overcrowded, poor, hungry, and the most likely to commit crimes - so why would they outlaw condoms for them?! Why would they take away the one solution to stop the population growing and the crime rates increasing?! It's only the lower castes they're outlawed in so they're still around and people know how they work. There's no mention of a rubber shortage or anything. IT DOESN'T MAKE ANY SENSE! And it's just never mentioned again!! Gah!), the dystopian back story is pretty damn flimsy, and the sympathy we are supposed to feel for America didn't make me care for her at all, in fact it made her seem ungrateful and whiny - it seemed like we are supposed to feel for her as she's poor - "we aren't destitute, but I guess we're not that far off either" - and yet we then see absolutely no evidence of her family actually being poor. Maybe the author is super rich and has never seen what truly poor actually looks like because having nice dresses, make up, clothes that were trendy last season, nice roast dinners and a freaking tv isn't what I would call practically destitute. She even mentions they pay Aspens family to help out sometimes. Oh we can only afford paid help some of time, poor us. Dear god. I also found America pretty damn annoying and honestly can't really see what Maxon sees in her. 
 ANYWAY negatives aside, I did enjoy this book. It was a light, easy, fun read and I smashed through it. It may be silly, but serious wasn't exactly what I was looking for when I picked it up and it made for an enjoyable afternoon. I'll probably get around to reading the next ones someday as well.