This book was far from perfect. It had its faults. But, they were all things that I've critiqued throughout the series, the world building, the surface level characters. And yet, I keep reading. Did everything make sense in this book? Absolutely not. Did America manage to piss me off less? Yes. Did the relationship between America and Aspen make me want to not punch something for probably the first time? Yes. 
 I debated whether I was even going to finish this series. And then, for some reason, the house I live in got really into the Bachelor this season. It was like we had to see just how weird and crazy it could get. I felt like that with this series, and with this installment. So, like the Bachelor, while things didn't really make sense, and were pretty surface level, I still went along for the ride willingly.