I wasn't really expecting a lot from this book, but when I was able to get it on sale through Amazon for my kindle I thought why not give it a try ? I'm glad I gave it a chance. This was a fun, quick read. Was it formulaic? Yes it certainly was. Popular, good girl meets hot bad guy, love happens... But the difference in this story was that the hot bad guy is a gang member. I enjoyed the emotion in this book and was satisfied in the end, although there was nothing earth shattering about it, and I probably won't read the second installment (that does not follow Alex and Brittany, but Alex's brother).