I found this one while perusing the library shelves and picked it up because I'd heard so much about it in the book community. I must say, considering the content of the book, I'm surprised it was so hyped with YA lovers - it doesn't feel like YA, especially considering the dark themes (slavery, death, war, pedophilia, sexual assault). It's probably more intended for the murky "new adult" demographic, and I definitely wouldn't recommend it for younger teenagers given how graphic it is. 
 That said: I flew through it. I absolutely loved the main character, Kelsea, who survives assassination attempts, may have magical powers, has body image issues, struggles with the patriarchy on the regular, and loves books. She's also a lost princess. What more can you want?? I feel like I can't go into more details without spoilers, but suffice to say that the feminist and social policy wonk in me looooved this. 
 I thought it was interesting that, while it's ostensibly presented as a middle ages fantasy similar to a Game of Thrones or Lord of the Rings, it turns out to actually be a dystopian world in the future. This book had just enough of that worldbuilding to have me hooked, but it's definitely one of the reasons I am keen to keep reading. 
 While I enjoyed this book, it feels like a novel that's just setting everything up, so I can't fully love it yet. I'm planning to read all the additional books to see how it plays out, and I hope that it continues as it has set out.