The description of this book sounds super tropey, but I've read a few of Courtney Milan's other books and been very impressed, despite not being a big historical romance fan. So, basically, I'm glad I ignored the description and snagged an e-galley of this because it's really quite well done and the characters had a lot of depth and there's just a lot to like about this book, especially the multi-faceted diversity represented in this story. 
 Also: There are a few fake girl/boyfriend scenes and you know how I love that scenario. 
 My biggest niggle is that the characters read to me as older than they were supposed to be. Part of this comes from their relative life experience, but still.