I love this "like at first sight but butt heads a lot" tension going in between Melissa and Jamie. I laughed when they were "mad" at each other and then turned works laughing again at how she brightens when Sammy comes near. The little friendship (and like an adult sister) they develop is so cute. Sammy is a great kid. 

There are some hard themes (a mother's severe post partum depression and leaving her daughter) and Melissa feeling like her mom is just a slave to her stepdad and is trapped in a not great marriage. But the author handles these with sensitivity.