The writing in this book was really bad. There was zero world building and we didn’t get enough information about the government. All we know is that the whole system somehow relies on the fashion house. But we didn’t get enough information in this 300+ page book. This could have undergone another round of edits. In typical YA fashion all emotion was conveyed through Emmaline’s eyes.

None of the characters were fully fleshed out. And the whole thing goes up in flames, literally. The character motivations were very unclear and the plot left a lot to be desired. I’m really sad about this one, I thought this was going to be Project Runway in a book. But instead it was an underdeveloped book that didn’t deliver what was promised on the dust jacket.