The writing is colorful and angsty, but the momentum could have been more steady. I don't care for any story where at some point a character goes through a deceased loved one's letters/things. I am bored by this plot line where someone uncovers "secrets from the past". Luckily, this type of thing was just a minor part of the book about Len, a teen-age girl who lost her sister and hasn't seen her mother in years. If this story stuck to the romance plot line more, it would've been better, because this looking-through-her-sister's-papers slowed down the action. 2.5 stars.