So I absolutely adored The D.U.F.F. and I had super high hopes for Shut Out. While the story was interesting and engaging, Lissa really, really annoyed me. I thought her best friend was right on the money saying that while the strike idea originated in a good place, as the story went on, Lissa began using it in her private battle of the sexes with Chase, who really didn't deserve it in the first place. Though we couldn't really tell about him either, cause everything we knew about him was through Lissa-colored glasses, and that made him seem like almost a weak hero as it were, while Lissa flip-flopped with head-against-brick-wall frequency from too strong a character to ridiculously clingy and unable to make decisions..... 
 I really don't know what to think of this book, honestly. Except that I really regret that I went out and bought it on only the strength of my affection for the previous book. I truly hope Keplinger's next novel shuts out Shut Out permanently.