Rage quit. 
 So we have a peppery main character named Mare who is in a low cast but gets thrown into the royal family tradition where prince Maxon -sorry, Cal- selects a bride. Meanwhile there is a love triangle and they deal with rebels who want to cause the royals harm... 
 Are we sure we didn't just slap another cover onto The Selection? No?? Hm. 
 There are reviews mentioning several other books it rips off ...so I have a feeling this is one giant cut and paste of other novels. 
 I gave it a bit longer and it started to show some originality, but the plot seemed so manipulated that it was simply unbelievable. This unpredictable girl -with a criminal history- is a threat to the royals, so the best plan is to fake her history and marry her to the prince to "keep an eye on her"? Seriously??? There's no way that could possibly turn out badly... 
 Plus there was nothing likeable about Mare. She is the type of person who does not believe in other people's problems unless it directly affects her. Then they praise her for how emotionally intelligent she is? Yeah. No. She spent the past several scenes insulting everyone she met. How did they ever get that impression? 
 Also not a fan of fat shaming. 
 Sooooo I'm done. No regrets.