The synopsis to this book had to be one of the most compelling ones I've ever read. And once I got my hands on this book, I was very excited to pick it up. For the most part, I really did like it. The problem I had though was that the pacing was just to slow. For the first 200 pages, it seems like nothing was happening and it got really frustrating. And by that point, the book was starting to let me down. 
 Despite that, I actually did enjoy the romance in this. I actually felt like I was rooting for Cassia to be with the one she loves and not do what this society forces her to do. And I really felt like this love triangle wasn't stupid or unnecessary like others can be, In fact, it was the main point of the plot. 
 In all, the book was just okay. And it did actually move me to pick up the sequel which I just finished and...ugh...that's another story.