I really liked a lot about this book: well written, restrained in its drama and humiliation and gross college talk, likeable characters..... I especially liked how snarky and bitchy Clementine was allowed to be at the beginning -- and how she gradually warmed up. I also really liked the meta element of Clementine being herself a YA writer and a would-be romance novelist. I think that was a cute twist from normal, witty, and got us through some otherwise tricky plot moments. My only reservations are some usual ones: the angsty background, while maybe not overdone, is still implausibly secretive. How would her twin brother, for example, not know about what Clementine had been through in the past three years, including stuff within their own family and his best friend? At least we aren't supposed to believe that her own friends don't know about her past, which is a common and very strange misunderstanding of female friendships. Also the suspense plot wasn't very developed. But that's OK. I still look forward to the rest of the series next! Lex Martin is an accomplished writer and these books are better and different than the average New Adult romance.