This has probably been my favorite of the series so far. By now we the readers always know that Eugenides has always got a plan in motion but through the introduction of a new main character POV we get to see what it looks like to be used in one of those schemes without being aware of it. The main heft of the novel is watching Gen struggle with the fact that he has to actually be king but the best bits for me were seeing him and Irene together.