<blockquote><b><i>“She was like a heroine in a novel that she herself was writing - the character kept protesting that she was too strong for love and yet the narrator went on describing her desire.”</i></b></blockquote> FINALLY! IT'S DONE! This series has been sitting on my shelf for years, but I'm finally getting through it. I really liked the first two books and was involved in the characters, the scandals and secrets. It's an easy book to read, the writing fluid and the plot uncomplicated, but this was my least favorite book so far. The comings and goings of Henry and Diana (my favorite couple in the previous books), Carolina being bitchy, Penelope made me BEYOND angry and I really really want her to fail epically in the final novel. Greyson was meh, Teddy was noble and cute but kind of boring. Elizabeth was the only one I felt kind of sorry for. She deserved a lot better than she got in this book, but eventually all the constant crying in the corners made me a little bit wary with her too. I do wanna see what will happen to her in the next book and I'm hoping she gets a nice, happy ending, though. Diana, which was my favorite character, was the worse disappointment. I don't know, I think the final events of the previous installment put out some of her fire and turned her into this silly, kind of childish girl, because some of her actions during this one were really naive and child-like. Yes, I know she's 16 and all, but that was not how her character was build previously and it felt inconsistent. I did like where she ended up by the end, and I felt sorry for her and frustrated for Henry, and I hope things improve by the final novel. Hopefully this series will end up on a high note, despite this one.