I picked this book up for two reasons- 
 1.The third and final book came out and everyone was freaking out about it saying that it and the series was amazing. 
 2. After reading the synopsis of this book, I knew I had to get it. 
 Guys. Princess runs away after having an arranged marriage she doesn't agree too. I can't think of any actual published books like this, but growing up, this is all I ever thought about writing, and what it seemed like everyone was writing about online (back when quizilla.com was cool and you could post stories and poems and wasn't taken over and destroyed. But that's besides the point.) 
 I have read this trope a million times. And I will read it a million and one times more because I love it. Such a guilty pleasure. Except I'm not guilty. I love it, and I don't care. 
 Moving on. 
 Besides the princess running away from arranged marriage, the fact that this follows other main characters is a plus. It's a even bigger plus when two of those other characters are the jilted Prince whom she was arranged to marry, and an assassin sent to kill her- and the kicker is YOU DON'T KNOW WHICH IS WHICH. 
 I loved it. I loved the characters and all of the different types of relationships and the mystery of who was who. 100%. 
 However. 
 I didn't feel like I was involved in this world. Fantasies/High Fantasies are some of my favorite genres. But I just didn't feel like this book did justice to the world that it took place in. It sets you up with this big map, so I had high hopes it would be well fleshed out and immersive. I was disappointed to find that it seemed like a generic cutout of 'just another realm'. 
 But! 
 But I still have high hopes for this world and the following two books. I feel like this first book, while not immersive in it's setting, opened up a lot of plot points and questions and mystery that would expand later in the series, giving us a more detailed look at the Kingdom of Morrighan. 
 Overall, I was impressed by all the characters, even the minor ones. I was disappointed with the world building, but I feel like my problems might be addressed later in the series. This book earned 4.5 stars.