This was an odd book for me. I liked the writing style and the author's voice, but I disliked almost every character in the book, including the narrator. I found her selfish, insufferable, pretentious, and not as intelligent as she thought she was. Every single choice she made through the course of the book was the wrong one, and ultimately she didn't seem to grow up or learn anything. I think she should have done the exact opposite of the title of the book, and changed a bit since she was one of those people that, in real life, no one would want to around. However, rather than put the book down I pushed through, hoping she would grow up at some point and stop being so damn selfish. That and I really did enjoy the way the author wrote.

Not that there weren't any redeeming qualities or characters in this book. True, the only character I liked, at all, was Foster and he was pretty much in small doses even when Eva began to acknowledge her crush on him. I also thought the author did a spot on job of describing how tumultuous female relationships can be, especially in cases where there is an odd number of friends in the immediate circle. Inevitably someone feels left out at some point and in this case it was Eva. However, her friends weren't sympathetic at all and came across as just being mean girls for no reason. So, again, disliked them, especially Michelle.

Her family was okay but we hardly ever heard mention of her Dad who was more just a background player. Her sister was interesting but there seemed to be no real purpose for her except to act as a sounding board for Eva when her friends were ignoring her. And her mother was going through the emotional cycle of a soon-to-be-empty-nester but other than that there was no more depth to her than any of the other characters.

And maybe that was the thing; I felt that there was no development for any of the characters. I know that the title indicated there wasn't going to be any changes but a little growth from *anyone* would have been nice. As it was I finished it and felt nothing. I didn't get anything from it other than I wouldn't want to go back to being a teenager. Yet again, I finished it because the author had an engaging way of writing and it was interesting; the characters were just terrible. And because I didn't really like them, this was a "just okay" book for me.