Not my favorite by Tijan, I felt most of the time the story was all very vague. Quite a bit of mysteries going on, and some names mention but never were developed. 
 Why did Alex's parents neglected her after her older brother Ethan's death? Why did they treated Ethan's best friend Jesse better if not like one of their own but failed to extended even little amount of affection towards their own flesh and blood? 
 I can't help but wonder if book one is a character building to prepare for Alex badass transfer in book two? I really hope so. That was one of the thing I love about Tijan's characters. Pure badass, though not necessary likeable. 
 What secrets was Jesse holding? It was never revealed. I was dissapointed that was never addressed till towards the end in one small conversation that Alex learned her beloved brother, Ethan was not happy. And something have happened between Jesse and Ethan as well as that may or may not explained a few things of Ethan's accident. These were mysteries added more layers of mysteries. Which I hope will be answered in the next book. 
 After breaking up with Jesse and coping with the loss of her last connection to her emotions and her brother Ethan, for a while Alex was somewhat her normal self again. However that didn't last long, in the end of the book her parents pulled the last straw, and Alex turned to a 'different' person, although dark and someone people fear of were all the descriptions we were told that summed up with rather short paragraph. No elaboration, just an idea. 
 I felt the story did not necessary have a build up, unlike her other books that I have read so far. I thought it was more like a farewell to Alex's old life, her old self, and preparing the readers to book two, a beginning of Alex's new life and new self. 
 The intensity and chemistry between Jesse and Alex were great. I am interested to see what will happened when Alex is in the same college as Jesse. 
 I hate both of Alex's best friends, what kind of crappy friends they were! 
 I am very curious about what will Alex transfer into in the next book.