A review by rcaivano
The Glittering Court, by Richelle Mead

1.0

The Countess Elizabeth is being sold into marriage to the highest bidder, and she just can't accept it. So she runs off, impersonating a maid, to The Glittering Court, where common girls are schooled in the fine arts in order to impress a wealthy husband, and are then sold to the highest bidder. Now, I did enjoy this story, but it was just so illogical that she ran off from a situation she hated into the same exact situation. Books like this probably shouldn't even be written, casting girls into the role of selling themselves to a man. She does eventually follow her heart, and gets mixed up with illegal pagan religious heretics, but it all works out in the end in a nice tidy package. Read this if you liked The Selection or watch The Bachelor.