I expected quite a lot before reading this.... so i blame myself for this one... 
 I for one didn't see the love triangle aspect, just because the heroine is clearly drooling for the prince...and that's not a spoiler...seriously its written somewhere in the first few pages or so.... 
 And the other one Rylan was your stereotypical friend zoned crush... the one who will always forgive you... wait for you... and comfort you when you need it... so he's a bit boring... I'm sorry but move on dude and find someone better... 
 Alexa is young...17 is young and especially in her situation, she naturally has a lot of suppressed feelings... and when the dam broke.... it really breaks and it floods... i just hope with time she grows and matures, she's not the perfect bad-ass heroine but atleast she fights to survive... 
 and there's Prince Damian... Cunning, Gorgeous and has hella lot of secrets, some might say he's manipulative, but i think he's just wary and cautious... but really he's all soft and fluffy inside... i get the attraction... I'd be drooling for him too ;) 
 I'm not fussy with my romances...seriously...I appreciate the slow burning ones...but i don't mind the no nonsense no drama lets get together right this instance and figure shit out later kind of romance too... but this one's kind of in between, trying to build them up but ended up only for it to feel fast and rushed and it just fell flat ...eh... i guess what I'm trying to say is, not enough chemistry and spark... 
 Romance aside it was interesting enough... it wasn't that bad... I'm sure i would have ate it up 3 years ago... and i for one know it will get better... i hope... 
 Oh and i did enjoy the action and adventure parts, though for the life of me i would never willingly live in a jungle, even if it's a palace in a middle of a jungle, a farm maybe but never a jungle.....