This surprised me!!!! 
 Spoilers 
 So it starts off with Meira, a hardcore feminist (ikr) trying to earn the right to do what she wants and to be accepted and feel important. No. I'm not even kidding. That's basically what this book is about when you take away all of the action, violence, and romance. Btw, let's talk about the romance. It's very subtle, but it's sweet when it's there. And...It's a love triangle (dun.Dun.DUUUUUNNN). Mather (I'm pretty sure the author made a mistake there. It's 'Mother' not 'Mather') and Theron. There's only one problem with these two boys. They are equally PERRFECT. Mather was sort of like Prince Enzo Valenciano from The Young Elites (serious but can be really...I mean REALLY sweet, if he wanted to...btw, Mather was not a real prince unfortunately) and Theron was basically your Prince Maxon Schreave from The Selection (What is there to say??? If a guy is described as Prince Maxon, he's just all around amazing and perfect! And Theron is a prince!). I love them both. You probably know how much I loved Enzo from TYE, and Mather reminds me of him so there's that, but Theron is great too! I think I'm going to have to be Team Theron. Mather is a 10 and Theron is 10.5. I am kind of certain Meira is going to end up with Theron because a queen needs a king, right? One reason why I really like Theron is because he took her with him at the battle with Spring. All Meira has ever wanted was to fight, instead of trying on dresses like she was "supposed" to do. Theron gave that to her. 
 That dude Herod? Yeah. He is the crappiest crapface that ever lived in CrapTown. I HATE HIM SO DANG MUCH. I was sooo happy when Meira killed him. I'm not sure if I'm happy with Sir's return. He's not the best father-figure (AT.ALL.) for Meira. 
 Also, did you notice how many tantrums and outbursts Meira had?! She has serious anger issues. 
 SET SAIL ON THE THEIRA SHIP! 
 I TOTALLY RECOMMEND THIS BOOK FOR PEOPLE HUNGRY FOR SOME AWESOME FANTASY!