“A duel, a duel, a duel. Is there anything more exciting, more romantic ... or more utterly moronic?”

I’m going to be honest, I wish I never read this book. I don’t regret starting this series, I just wish I started on book two. I already knew I wasn’t going to like this book because of that one scene, but I didn’t want to skip this book completely because I knew the information would be important for the next books (which are the ones I actually had an interest in). I wasn’t wrong about not loving this book, but I should have just skipped this because all the information I needed was provided by the show and I basically went through this pain for no reason. Anyway.

Unfortunately, I didn’t love either Daphne or Simon. They were both super unlikeable, even before the scene that everyone hates (I won’t explain it here but if you read a review by someone else the situation will be explained), and that scene only made me dislike them (particularly Daphne) a lot more. Simon didn’t start off super annoying, and honestly neither did Daphne, but as I kept reading, my opinions of them kept being lowered. I do have hope for the rest of the characters, though, so I hope I'll enjoy the rest of the books in the series.

The actual storyline and plot weren’t bad (again, excluding that scene that had no right being written), but I did think it would be more interesting than it was.

Overall, if that scene hadn’t been written, this would’ve gotten 3.5 stars, but since it was included this gets 2. Read the book and you’ll understand.

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