Penelope Douglas sure knows how to keep you interested enough to keep reading, but this book plot and characters are so detached from reality that, at least for me, it felt like reading some kind of fantasy thriller.... set in an alternate universe... where teenagers from rich families are all spoiled and "corrupt." 
 I felt like every single high school student described in this book was some kind of a demented psycho, who acts based on impulses and cares nothing for consequences of his/her actions. 
 Setting buildings on fire? Having gang bangs? Rape? 
 The heroine wants to move away from her home town to see how she is going to do on her own. With her credit cards and full bank account, of course. Damn, it's gonna be tough, girl! 
 Anyways, throughout this book I lost count of how many times she got pushed around and manhandled. The first time she got terrorized she should have found out WHY but I guess she wasn't too bright to ask a simple question. 
 The ending was just... I felt like I was watching some kind of a bad thriller on TV. 
 The sex scenes were hot, that's about all I enjoyed. There are some dark themes in the book and not that much romance going on, in my opinion...