Tress, a self proclaimed unremarkable girl, sets off on an adventure to save her new love, who also happens to be the DUke’s son.

Only one problem, you aren’t allowed to leave The Rock, where Tress grew up

To put simply, I strongly disliked this book. It felt like a bad Disney show. I grappled with ‘surely this isn’t a book written for adults?’ or ‘it’s fine, it was written for pre-teens’.

I started feeling okay with this book when I convinced myself it was written for pre-teens. The story had good morals. Tried to teach readers it’s better to be a good person, be humble and doing the right thing feels tough at the time but pays off in the end.

I also really disliked the way this was written. It was confusing having Hoid being the narrator in 1st person, then having 3rd person Tress POV weaved throughout. I get the author was trying to create a interesting, bold, charismatic voice with Hoid … but when I was in Tress thoughts and switching to ‘me’ and ‘I’ talk I was constantly confused.

Once I read the author’s note and found that this was written for adults. Mind blowing. Dissapointed. Three stars down to two stars for me.

Overall, I’m surprised at this very high rating on Goodreads. I’m obviously in the minority, so take my opinion with a grain of salt. I’m not sure how this book got on my TBR and so quickly to one of my precious hold slots, but here we are. The overall plot, combined with the inconsistent point of view – this is a do not recommend from me.