I know there have been some bad reviews of this book, but I actually liked it... The story line was pretty interesting, with all the girls in the palace. America was a bit of a Mary Sue, though- the author was being more dramatic than necessary in a lot of her scenes with Max. And I am getting reaallll tired of love triangles in books and movies. Ugh. But at least in the first one, there wasn't really THAT much triangle-y drama, so.