I am aware of the throng of fans that exist for this book, and I am awfully sorry that this book was not for me at all. Something in the book didn't connect with me. My opinions are strictly impersonal. Feel free to point out that we have different brain structures and therefore have different preferences. 
 Firstly, shouldn't alarm bells be ringing about the fact that a woman is writing about what men want? It has struck me, though, that men technically NEVER write chick-lit, so if there is an author who wishes to strike gold by venturing into the untrodden realm of uncovering the mysteries within the minds of bearers of the Y chromosome, I suppose it has to take a woman to do the job. 
 This suspicion and doubt on the credibility of the book's "advice" about what men really want could have lead me to start off the book with slight prejudice, I'm afraid. Though I must say, with strict reference to the movies and movie-series, I must say that the advice given could perhaps be actually rather spot-on. I'm not sure, but one thing's for certain: our lives are not like those screened on TV. 
 I had a problem with the characters. I completely abhor Sebastian and Jaden. Sebastian, the narrator, is arrogant, conceited, and completely disrespectful towards women! Oh, and for a guy, he thinks a lot. WAY too much. The same thoughts are repeated again and again much too often. I wonder if guys actually think so much. It would be an interesting revelation, and I will never let my male friends it down, since everyone thinks that it has always been women who think in volumes in the first place. But then, allow me to contradict myself by saying that Sebastian sometimes doesn't bloody think at all. He wallows on the past to much when his limited brain capacity could have been used to consider the future, ie the consequences of some/most of his stupid actions. DO I make sense? 
 Sebastian's mind is so full of lust that when he starts developing feelings for Aspen, all he can think of is touching her. And making out. And when they get together, well, all his shallow, disrespectful dreams are achieved. What was going on through his mind during those X-rated sessions were pretty much disgusting. Now I wonder, out of curiosity, if men DO think like that (with all due respect to half the global population out there). I really hope not. Because if Sebastian's the stereotypical cool, suave, charming girl-getter, honestly, I'll be content with a loser. 
 And for Jaden? He's Sebastian's best friend and they do everything together. Enough said. 
 It's hard to like a book when you despise the narrator so much already. For me, I also didn't really like the writing style. The author/the characters' too frequent use of "you know", "and all", "and stuff", "and shit" in their conversations is really pissing off. It makes me feel like they aren't sure of themselves when communicating with each other. Here's an example: 
 Sebastian to Aspen: Need me to mess someone up for you? You know, with my ninja skills and all. 
 What's with all that self-doubt? I don't think people actually say them, or at the very least, THAT often. It makes me want to scream "What do you mean, 'you know'? Why wouldn't I know? Are you actually doubting MY INTELLIGENCE?!" I think that without these weird phrases, the sentence could have delivered the point across pretty much as effectively. Plus, it could have saved me a LOT of time on this book. 
 That's just a very minor point that I wanted to put forth. Mainly, I didn't really like the delivery of the plot itself. I have to give it to the author that the plot was pretty fresh, but the story-telling was too fast. Something was always happening, but I was never convinced of the sincerity or the reasons of the doer for committing them. I could never really connect with any of the characters, and throughout this book, it was as if I was hearing a retelling of some third-hand gossip from someone else rather than being a first-hand observer in empathising with the characters and experiencing what they went through. The details of the plot were meagre and insufficient, but the descriptions on the making-out sessions were chokingly too much in comparison. I was hoping that the protagonist felt more emotions other than lust and jealousy, but if he does, he really isn't very articulate in his head. 
 The witty banter wasn't the least intriguing, the plot was too, too predictable (or maybe I made at least 10 very good guesses), the characters barely cast a shadow in the story and in my impression, 
 and some parts were to cheesy for my liking. I am the minority, but I don't think I'd pick up the second instalment to this series. 
 Afterthoughts: 
 Are teenagers (at least those in Nyrae Dawn-Land) that lustful? They're just kids! All they aim for in life is to lose their single status, or to get laid. There is no mention of classes, school nothing (at least in Sebastian's head). It was almost as if he lived in a brothel.