Courtney Summers is an amazing writer. The characters are full developed and the writing itself pulls you in through to the very end. I read this book in one sitting. I read pretty much all of her books in one sitting because she's one of my favorite authors.

But I was disappointed. This is a great book, but I just didn't love it as much as I usually love her books. This is a plot that I've read so many times before. Like genuinely so many. Popular girl's boyfriend sexually assaults her best friend. The best friend is immediately ostracized and hangs out with another outsider. Speak, Just Listen, even All the Rage. More that were too mediocre for me to remember. And I don't feel like this book added anything to the conversation or did anything different. I think all three of those that I listed had more interesting overall stories.

Regina's character, no matter how fully developed, doesn't really seem to go through much growth. She's the mean popular girl, then she has a fall from grace and feels guilty, and oh look at that she's not actually that bad. Like yeah, that's pretty much what I got from page one and then at the end it all gets wrapped up with a pretty little bow.

It frustrated me because of how badly I wanted to love this book and the only thing letting it down was the story. I don't think the plot itself was very strong and had anyone but Summers written this, I probably would have rated it a lot lower. But her actual writing is amazing. It blows me away every time.

So I highly recommend Summers as an author. I don't think this is one of her better books, but I think whatever she writes, she's wonderful. So definitely give her a go even if this book doesn't sound like it's for you.