I wanted to like this. I really did. Legend was enjoyable enough and something that was marketed as X-Men meets Assassin's Creed should have been 110% my thing. 
 But this book was so bland. And boring. And had no soul. 
 I gave the first 130 pages a real honest try, but then I ended up just flipping to the ending the read the last few chapters. And you know what, I still pretty much understood everything that was going on. Which should not happen when you've skipped the entire middle of a book. 
 Other people have said similar things, otherwise I might chalk this up to an "it's not you, it's me" situation. But I don't know. 
 The court intrigue and politics should have been awesome, but I've read books recently that did all of that and more so much better. (CoughKushiel's Dartcough.) And okay, maybe it's not fair to compare a YA book to an adult book, but whatever. 
 Definitely look into a chapter sampler or borrow it from the library or something if you're interested. Because there are a lot of mixed reviews for this one and I would not go out of my way to recommend it.