Let me start off by saying that I LOVE the whole premise for this book. What I didn't love so much was the execution...

First off, the character development was sadly lacking. I wanted to know more about certain characters that were just pushed to the background. Elle was kind of whiny, but I guess that makes sense for a 16/17 year old girl. Noah was described as a 'violence junkie' several times and it left me wishing for better descriptions.

Second, I hated how repetitive it was-words like 'Shelly', 'smirking', 'teased', 'cute', 'whipped', and 'player' used way to often as well as the whole thing with Noah's bike. Like, we get it -you don't like the bike! Don't ride on it then-Jesus!

Another thing that bugged me was how often they said each other's names. It was like every time they were ending a sentence! I honestly loved the book until about chapter 23. It should have ended at the dance. It felt like it was split into two parts- the exciting first book and then the crappy sequel where they ran out of ideas all rolled into one. All in all, the story was adorable and I'm not mad that I read it. Unfortunately-this may be the one and only time I'll say this, but- I think the movie was better than the book.