Gah, guilty pleasures. I actually kinda loved this book. I know, right? I even kinda liked it better than America's story....? Maybe it's because the boys are the ones vying for a girl? Or I just appreciate Eadlyn's (ouf) sheer princess-ness? There was less wham bam rebels and more let's make pastries, so that's already winning. Oh! And this book trumps the original love triangle with like a....love hexagon? I don't even know, I lost count. I mean, I feel like I know where this is going, because it's always the underdog. But then: THERE ARE SO MANY UNDERDOGS. 
 I really thought the book would resolve by the end, but apparently there is more. How can there be more? Oh, and I just learned about the existence of The Favorite and also Happily Ever After which has additional scenes and another epilogue and oh my gosh it keeps going but I still want to know everything.