I hate when a lead character spends over half the book whining and complaining. Scarlett and also prince Callan spent the majority of this book just acting like children. Scarlett's step into her power was also underwhelming and not really believable to me. This one definitely suffered from what I call "2nd book syndrome" in where I read over 500 pages of just...nothing. There was no real plot development, the characters got on my last nerve, and it was a slog to get through *FOR ME*. This is just my opinion. Do I plan on trying the 3rd book? Yes, I'd like to continue the series and give it a shot, only because it's been so high on my tbr and I want to give it a chance