So...I have mixed thoughts about this trilogy, not the least of which it's kind of hard to take seriously a world where hot men are controlled by penis rings. BUT...I still like it. This trilogy seems to me to be the ultimate teenage girl's fantasy. Everything is about this main character and her growing up to be the savior of the world, all the men are safe and doting (controlled by penis rings if they're super hot, lol), older women are the ones who are evil and jealous and want to control the young girl, etc etc. I mean, I REALLY like the books but yeah, there's some psychology going on here that a more penetrative mind could glean a lot from. THAT SAID I loved the first book, I felt like the mystery of the main character was a BIT infantilized in this one, she seemed way more "kiddie" towards the last half of the book, but it's a great continuation that lightens the world somewhat from the VERY dark first one, and I enjoyed it no less.