3.5 stars. I liked this overall but Piper took a lot of getting used to. I cringed a lot because I knew exactly what was going to happen and she was a moron about so many things. I do still have overall positive feelings about this one! Loved the end, looooove Raf. 
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 I liked this one overall! When I saw the synopsis, it definitely went onto my "jazzed up for this shelf" right away. I love reading about rich kids doing bad things, and this one held a lot of promise for those kinds of shenanigans. I was picturing some of my favorite old-school nostalgia-making books like Gossip Girl or Private. This didn't exactly happen, but I think it's okay. 
 Piper was a hard main character to get close to. I could understand her motivations in a general sense but it didn't make her any less difficult to vibe with. Her family was having money issues so she was determined to get a scholarship to cover the cost of college. She would really stop at nothing to get a good story for that reason. I definitely predicted how that plotline would go 100% so it was a little frustrating. It seriously made me cringe though because in terms of the "issue" or climax of the story, the stakes were really high for this one (compared to other contemporaries). Otherwise, Piper was kind of just weird? She blurted out whatever she was thinking most of the time and was incredibly awkward. She definitely grew on me a little bit throughout the story, but not one of my favorite main characters by any means. 
 I was expecting a bit more of a Gossip Girl feel with parties and drugs and all sorts of things, but that was definitely understated. There was more development with her relationship(s) than with anything else. She was very journalist-like, which is good considering her character arc, but it was hard to be in her head. She totally acted without thinking most of the time. 
 I LOVED RAF. He was such an interesting person and I was always wondering what his motivations were. He stayed mysterious for a super long time. I didn't really understand why he liked Piper though honestly (for all the reasons I said). I was on the fence about him towards the end because of some things I won't spoil, but he redeemed himself for me. 
 The ending was really sweet and I do have positive feelings about this one overall. My review sounds ranty but this was a quick read once I got into it. I read the vast majority of the book in one night.