America rhapsodizes about her breakfast of orange juice, pancakes, eggs, and bacon.  Has this author never been to a fancy breakfast place?  I mean, come on.  If you want to show off how awesome palace food is, then why not have them serve items that take skill or expensive ingredients?  Then at least she’d have…

I woke to the light coming through my window as Anne gently pulled back the rich, heavy curtains. She hummed a quiet song to herself, absolutely happy with her task. See, it’s okay to completely dismiss them and their needs/concerns, because they are totally happy where they are!  They love scurrying around in fear and…

At dinner, America is emo about how everyone around her hates her.  She says it was easy to be brave while watching the news, because Marlee was there to be her own personal fanclub.  Frankly, I’m not the least bit impressed by a main character who is stable when they have a cheering squad and…

EVEN AFTER THE SUBSTANTIAL GREETING party at the airport, the roads leading up to the palace were lined with masses of people calling out their well-wishes. Because there’s just that many people with that much time on their hands. If it hadn’t been set up so poorly, I could roll with this.  It’s not like…

So even though America talked last chapter about going to the airport, in this chapter she finally gets there.  She’s nervous about flying, since she’s never done so before, and she doesn’t want to freak out in front of the other selected girls she’s traveling with.  Because…?  I mean, there’s lots of reasons one might…