2nd read: I again enjoyed this book, but was a bit frustrated at Anna's maturity level. Possibly because I feel that Lola and Isla were written more maturely, so the second time around with Anna this aspect seemed weak. Overall, I still liked St. Clair and the general plot. There was a bit of time jumping that I didn't remember noticing in the first read, like after his mom was diagnosed with cancer and is getting treatments there are bigger gaps where suddenly the next paragraph says "three weeks later..."
The tension was done well, the wanting and feeling frustrated was done well, this pulled me along. The fight with Bridget was obnoxious--I was mad that Anna was so small as to disregard their years-long friendship over this guy she wasn't even that into.


This was a really great high school romance type of book, and it was adorable.
I genuinely liked the main characters, who were all flawed but still the kind of people that sounded realistic and awesome and that you'd actually want to be friends with.

Anna came across at first as a bit whiny, and there was a smidgen of insta-love on her part, but I liked her and sympathized with the cliche of her being the new girl in a new school away from her friends (and family) and worrying about if she'd fit in even though everyone likes her right away and she is friends immediately with the cool kids.
Etienne was also the cliched 'guy every girl wants and every guy wants to be', and he's practically perfect in every way. But I was into him! He was more fleshed out than your average Edward.

What I think this book did fantastically well was to make their relationship grow over time in a very realistic and relatable way.
The 'does he or doesn't he??' wonderful and horrible feelings that Anna has for Etienne were done extremely well, and I loved this tension between them.

Overall, if you're looking for a light quick fun read with a pinch of "adult" (aka, minor swearing, sexual references, underage drinking, all PG13 stuff), a book LOADED with the feelings of having a crush and BRIMMING with sexual tension, then I recommend this cute book!