Was totally prepared to give this an unexciting 'meh' 3 stars but the silly melodramatic drama and dunderhead of a heroine made it hard to even do that. Elizabeth Hotchkiss is the biggest drama queen imaginable who loved to blow the smallest things waaaaay out of proportion. This girl should have taken a job in theater cause everything is either mortifying, humiliating or absolutely horrifying to her. She's also a total ditzy klutz who can't even stand still without causing bodily harm, tripping over some imaginary rock or slamming her hand into side tables and howling like a banshee. 
 It was just too much and got annoying real fast. And her reaction to finding that stupid book How to Marry a Marquis and trying to hide it like it carries world political secrets was just outrageous and so extreme. She's tossing that thing across the room and cursing it and its author to hell for RUUUUUINING! her life. dY~' 
 Are you kidding me? And this is just after one day of trying to follow it's silly edicts. It's a freaking book on marriage calm. the eff. down. RME. And of course her reaction to finding out James's true identity was so overblown, silly and stupid you would think he murdered her family. For someone who's supposedly smart, independent and level headed, she was totally irrational, unreasonable and prideful. She seemed to care much more about her own pride and imaginary humiliation than seeing to reason or believing in James. And you're willing to let your 3 younger siblings starve & not go to school instead of accepting money you very much need? Seriously? 
 Girl, BYE.