I requested this one back in the day as I had every intention of reading it. However, its been years and I still haven't gotten around to it and while I feel guilty at not reviewing a book I think that I need to admit to myself that I won't be reading this one anytime soon....if at all.

I'll start with the fact that I liked the premise: a royal family vanishes from their world and lands in ours.

That being said, I struggled reading and getting into this book. The writing was so choppy and full of incomplete sentences. Is that the author's style? Or was it due to being an uncorrected proof? I do know that it was off-putting.
There were also parts that seemed like major pieces were missing. Almost like a rough draft with parts that still needed to be fleshed out.

Finally, I have a hard time viewing this as a YA book. I know teens drink and have sex. However, I felt like these teens were 12 to 14 and I just don't think that belongs in literature for young adults. I don't want poor decisions modeled in a positive light for youth. That's just me; and I put it here for those who might want to know what the content is.

I did love several snippets of writing in the book:
"It's a rainbow of fantastic," (location 185) This might be the only thing I liked that Princess Ko said. She was supposed to be quirky and endearing....but I found her annoying, selfish and mean.

I requested this because I had requested the first book in the series. Like I said in my comments for A Corner of White, I waited entirely too long to read it and the missed person premise hits too close to home to be enjoyable.

I don't see how to review this one if I'm unable to read the first book in the series.

It's unfortunate because these books have gorgeous covers and I've been interested in them for years.

I don't know what the problem was, but I found my head wandering while trying to read this one, so I sadly set it down. I will not be reviewing or rating this one. Thank you for the opportunity.