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 This is too hard to rate! Let's go with 4.5 stars then. 
 I find this story and the world so fascinating. Marie Lu's world building is great and I love the mythology and everything behind the powers of the Elites and especially how they affect them. I might even say that seeing Adelina go mad was my favorite part of this book... Characters going crazy is just too interesting and I love how it is impossible to predict what they will do in their madness. 
 My prolem is that I'm not really attached to any of the characters and I'm not really rooting for anyone. I'm just kind of seeing everything happen and not really minding who wins. But maybe it's okay because Adelina is the villain of the story. 
 I'm anticipating the last book to be awesome, because it's very intriguing to see what will happen now that Adelina has achieved everything she ever wanted, but is not satisfied. I want to see the progression of her madness and how that affects her reign. Now that I really think about everything that can happen, I'm really, really excited!!