I was really really worried since the first 12 chapters where an explosion of details and a bunch of know-it-all, bratty 16 yr olds who were constantly bickering. So. Damn. Annoying.


And then when the girls were separated I let out a breath. Whew finally. WRONG! In the sisters’ places were yet some more spoiled little brats bickering over dumb crap. I get why. Hell I’d probably be the same if I was in their shoes. All I’m saying is that it got tiresome.

The King.....wait what king?!? He was literally useless and I can’t remember him actually saying more than a couple of words. The Queen is basically useless too and the Princess......well saying too much about her pisses me off. What a horrible, spoiled rotten, narcissist. I want to push her off the castle walls.

Also there was major peer pressure. Like.....death causing peer pressure and these girls folded like tissue paper. Again, I get why but it turned me off the story a bit. MC is supposedly full of piss and vinegar but when she’s really put to the test it’s like she gives up.

The ending was interesting but honestly I’m not in a rush to continue. I read the authors notes in the back and while I see the parallels I felt more anger than enjoyment while I was reading this. Not necessarily a book for me. The fat shaming, impossible and extremely harmful beauty standards and negative lgbtq+ rep reallllllllyyyy bothered me.

The writing was very descriptive and I loved the colors and clothes and places. That along with Remy and Princess Charlotte are the reasons I’m giving a hesitant 3 stars.