Okay...the only reason I bought this book was because I was being rushed at the bookstore and this book had not only a pretty cover but also an interesting description! When I read the description I thought of a princess spending her life hunting the man who killed her family. It seemed new and good. 
 I got home and checked Goodreads and saw that this book doesn't have a very high rating. I tend not to buy books with ratings below 4. Exeptions include 3.80, but this book has a rating of 3.53 (last time I checked) so I was a bit disapointed already, even though I didn't even start reading it. I didn't want to waste my money though, so I told myself I'll give it a try. 
 I don't think this book has a fair rating now that I'm done with it. It's not the greatest book, but it deserves more than 3.53. I came up with a few complaints about this story though...but I'll start with the POSITIVE: 
 SPOILERS MAY BE BELOW... 
 POSITIVE THINGS: 
 1. It did have a somewhat good storyline. 
 2. Main character was a bit strong. 
 3. Ummmm...the cover art? 
 4. Okay I guess now that I think of it, there wasn't that much positive... 
 NEGATIVE THINGS: 
 1.I don't like books in which things seem to all fall into place at the end. This was one of those books were everything fell into a happy carefree ending. Everyone got what they wanted...in a way. It was too perfect considering the scary world they lived in. 
 2. Wesley. I have absolutely no feeling for him. I understand he was meant to be the love interest, but it was ridiculously rushed. One moment she met him, next moment he's kissing her and he knows who she is. Then he's the son of the evil dictator (yeah--like I haven't heard that one before *sarcasm*) 
 3. She's a pretty princess and then suddenly she's a sword swinging girl ought for revenge. Wow... when I first got the book I thought she would at least spend time training.. Oh well.. 
 4. It's really fastpaced, sometimes it's a bit annoying. Like the beginning...and then the middle...and then the end. 
 5. Character development is poor. Just like with Wesley, you know nothing about anybody. Polly is the best friend. Mary is the strong older sister. Jamie is the sick little boy. Portia starts off as a promising character, but develops into a freaky person. Cornelius (the dictator) is simply evil. He wants the crown...that's all. Tub...umm...still don't know her issue. The complicated named horse-supposedly smart. Basically really horrible characters. I swear I could not tell the difference between some of the background characters. I almost thought the horse was a person for a second. That's how sad this was. 
 I think the concept has promise, but it just wasn't written out correctly. The idea of a princess seeking revenge for her country and her family is something I would want to read. It's actually what I thought I was going to be reading. Sadly it was turned into something else entirely in this story. "THE LAST PRINCESS" Rushes it and demeaners it. Instead the summary should have been something like this: Princess Eliza and her family have been tracked down. Both of her parents are killed and her brother and sister are held captive. She embarks on a journey to find them--including fake love for a boy we know nothing about, a few unbelievable scenes (jumping out of a building into water? Escaping? Really?), and don't forget to mention this all takes place in a destroyed future? 
 Um, maybe I would have thought twice before buying it. 
 Gosh the love in this story was so fake it made me cringe.