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The Prince
don't know, maybe I expect too much of this one, honestly.

I wanted a previous story, a deeper look inside The Prince's head and past.

A small section of it was new, but so much of it was just a rehash, too, so I'm very waffly on it.

The Guard
Maybe it's that I'm just not an Aspen fan, or maybe it's just that I feel like Aspen is so very incredibly fixated on The One Girl and nothing else in his life means anything but The One Girl, but I'm just not rooting for Aspen or moved by Aspen? Then, again, it could be, also, that this book is strangely set up to only match Aspen's sides of America's chapters in this piece, instead of really telling me everything he gets up to while America is off living her Princess Becoming life. ( )

2.5 Stars

I was going to give 2 stars since I feel it was okay, but given that it was not the main book in the series I could have missed something. ( )

It was nice to read ( )

I enjoyed these short stories but I have to admit I much preferred Maxon's story over Aspen's. There's just something about Aspen that rubs me the wrong way and makes me want to yell at him. I do not see him as a viable match for America in any way possible. I felt that these stories were a little too short as it always takes me a few minutes to get in to this world and the lives of America, Maxon and company. But this was a nice little appetizer to hold me over until the final book comes out. ( )