I loved this. 
 The perfect swan song to the ridiculous frothy series that I have adored against all sense or reason for the past several years. At this point, do we even need to get into the "dystopian" world politics that resemble nothing so much as the kingdom of Sofia the First? Despite being dropped into a world of scattershot and randomly applied dramatic tension, Eadlyn continues her character journey from book one - from spoiled, self-centred, Type A princess to a more rounded person in touch with her emotions. As per ever, Eadlyn is faced with a series of "hard" "decisions" where she's not sure how they'll go over, but in every case she's shocked to find her choices supported by everyone around her. 
 Maybe it's this relentlessly nice world where the villains are both obviously villainous and simultaneously not that scary or threatening and Eadlyn and her family 100% of the time don't get in trouble for anything, ever. Oh and also her parents, who are likely in their mid-to-late-30s, are suddenly acting like people of retirement age with little resemblance to their teen selves from the first books in the series. 
 A fun exercise could be reading this as a story of a clueless, despotic monarchy so out of touch with reality that they're able to joke about dating literally minutes after nearly going to war, which was only derailed due to basically, the power of the belief in love. The ending of the book takes on a dark resonance if you think about how Eadlyn's final decisions could potentially bring the country to the brink of rebellion but who cares? Love conquers all! Pretty dresses! 
 I legit love this series and hope there are more ridiculous, fun to read installments in future.