I enjoy books with political intrigue and Carrie Summers did a good job with this book. Was it perfect? No. I felt there was some areas where she could have filled it out a little more and a couple things came too easily to Myrrh but overall this was a fun, easy read in a genre I like and the author did a pretty good job for this being a short book. I definitely plan to read the sequel. 3.5-4 stars