This was a great read based in a beautiful setting in which it was wonderful to escape. It is beautifully written but with a large cast of mostly unlikable characters so it was a little difficult to feel any real empathy for them, or as much as I would have liked to. I found Ada, the main character, to be extremely frustrating at times. There were a couple of twists towards the end that I honestly did not see coming which was great! This was a fascinating insight into a young, woman who is desperately trying to live a life outside of her means, to become someone she isn't and to be accepted by those she aspires to be like. We discover that Ada will do anything to achieve this fake status and at any cost. In this sense Ada becomes a rather pitiful character and unlikable. It is this frustrating characteristic that caused this book to lose one star.