I really did enjoy this the second time around. The romance was cute and believable, and didn't have me cringing or groaning a million times. I really love Kai as a character and I love how sarcastic Cinder is. The story itself was interesting and engaging, though I feel like a lot of plot points were super easy to guess/figure out because they were directly hinted at multiple times. I'm excited to read the rest of series and I've heard it gets better from here!