I'm not sure why I like YA princess/court stories so much...I just do...the library overdrive book recommended the short story prequel and the actual book synopsis intrigued me, I definitely have a type... 
 I enjoyed most of the book but near the last bit of the book Sinda's emphatic resistance to telling anyone anything just got annoying. It comes from a character trait place, and it gets acknowledged at the end, but from a plot contrivance point, it's just annoying. But otherwise the main character is endearing, and not too simpering.