I really wanted to love this book and even though I didn't exactly enjoy Siobhan's book The List, I still decided to give this one a try. I know what she was going for and yet it still fell flat for me.

Between Natalie and Ms. Bee, I'm not sure whose slut-shaming I'm more disgusted at to be honest. Vivian spent most of the book judging everyone around her for doing normal teenage things (and yes Spencer was a little...wild for 14, but hell, whatever.) I know Vivian wanted to help Spencer or get her to see her worth, but there were better ways to go about it than slut-shaming her and making her feel bad about herself (much like she did with her best friend Autumn). And Ms. Bee is the adult of the book and her behavior was almost worse! Instead of guiding the characters appropriately, she was too busy turning her nose up at the girls, calling them sluts in not so many words, and trying to empress her own "men are evil and girls who pay attention to them are frivolous" attitude onto Vivian. There were two brands of feminism in this book and neither one of them was pretty (though Vivian and Ms. Bee's brand was the greater of two evils in my opinion), and while I'm aware that both ideals exist in the realm of feminism, I would have really liked a character who had middle ground.

The whole thing with Vivian and Connor was....strange and a bit forced honestly. I didn't notice any chemistry and honestly their involvement just seemed to be a means to an end. And even with this push, Vivian's character development was lacking. I didn't really like her any more in the end than I had in the beginning. The one character that I was proud of in this book was Autumn because she finally stood up for herself, not only with her bullies, but her "best friend" as well.

All in all....I saw the makings of a great story here but....it just sort of fell flat.