"Sophia discovers that her fiance is not all he seems. Which is only fair, because neither is she." 
 Hell to the yes. The synopsis of this book showed some serious promise, and I'm a sucker for strong female characters. This was a crazy ride, and I spent more than my fair share of reading way too late into the night. I would recommend this book as a very dense but intriguing standalone YA fic that has a fair share of action, adventure, and isn't completely overwhelmed with romance. 
 Sophia. Where do I begin? I could go on and on and on, but I won't. As a character she really pulled me in, her distaste for her fiance, her love and respect for her brother and their close friend, and how a lot of the things she does is out of boredom and the need to be something more. I also adored Rene. He took a little more time to grow on me, but the change from when we first meet him to the end is just lovely. Overall, the characters in this book are brilliant, and I found myself enjoying almost all of them immensely, even the secondary characters. The romance was just enough to not completely muddle the plot, or irritate me, so that's a major plus. The chemistry between Sophia and Rene was excellent. There wasn't even a real love triangle here and I can't tell you how thrilled I am about that. 
 My only complaint is that there isn't a lot of explanation as to all of the insane changes that occurred in the last 800 years to the entire world. There is no explanation as to why half of the population speaks Commonwealth, and the other half Parisian. Technology is banned, the guillotine is revived and daily executions are a norm. Marriages are arranged for financial gain, the garments of the past are being worn because apparently in this span of 800 years after the earth went into the crapper, the entire world was pushed back into the 18th century. 
 I've seen a lot of complaints regarding the length of this book, but as this is a standalone book, the page count is to be expected. Parts of the ending of this book were slightly predictable, other parts surprising, but overall remained enjoyable nonetheless. 
 Overall I would give this book a 4 star rating. Enjoyable, fairly easy to read, and I really only had one major complaint.