So as I first started this one, I wasn’t sure I was going to like it very much. While normally I enjoy a really sarcastic character, as I might be a bit of one myself, the main character, Grace, was really unlikable. And then the way she had the crush on her teacher, which was so out there, that made me a little unsure if I would enjoy the book as well. But soon, as other characters, Wade specifically, came into the story, I began to enjoy it more. Even laughing out loud at some of her sarcasm soon enough.

While there was still a lot about Grace that was very off-putting, there were many things about her that I did identify with myself. Like when she was thinking how she wasn’t really a girl that guys would be interested in, she said this about herself, and it kind of describes me perfectly:

“Being a very human, very unsophisticated idiot, however, was totally up my alley…”

And then, while I totally get why she did what she did with Derek, in a way, it makes sense to do that. I just knew it was going to mess things up with Wade, especially the way it all went down. The end of the book was totally a mess the way that a real teenagers life would seem or actually be for them in real life. What’s sad, is that I realized I’m more like her roommate Georgina in a way than her. With the not knowing what it was like to really be in love with someone and have them in love with you.

The ending was a little unsatisfactory, even while it was realistic I guess. But between the ending and the way I was unsure about Grace at the beginning, the best I could give it was 4 stars, even though I was really sucked into it and sped through it quickly once I got through that first part. I did shed a few tears at the end thinking of how it might end that way, and so the emotions were definitely there.

Review first published on Lisa Loves Literature.