Jessie is a great main character and narrator- sympathetic, flawed, funny, realistic, insecure while also confident. Mostly it's that she's funny. Even though she's struggling with the loss of her mom, and that part felt realistic too, the tone of the book remained light. Having to move to California with a bunch of wealthy kids is a great plot, and the way Jessie's trip to Chicago turned out felt so real it was painful. I stayed up late because I was excited to see the romance play out. My only minor quibbles are that Gem felt like a caricature, and that Jessie was kind of dumb about certain things for being pretty smart. Highly recommended for high-schoolers.