What did I think when I pick up this book, I was not sure . I know I should not have trespassed my classics territory, but I supposed one who reads classics too much sometimes curious of what is producing these days, so I decide to pick up this New Adult book. And of course, given the fact that I did not have that much high expectation, the book became terrible and not so enjoyable quickly. 
 Great things of this book : the main character Ella. She is the kind of girl I admire - brave, poor, vulnerable, but always put on a strong face. She voluntarily worked as a stripper, faked her mom's signature, determined to go to college, battling drugs and poverty and shady people in her neighborhood, and willing to do anything to survive just another day. I love her dialogue and comment and she can be very fun and witty. The ending was great as well - a twist I really not expected to happen, but again, I sorta don't care about the characters involved in the plot twist, so meh. 
 Bad things about this book : Everything else, basically. I actually enjoy the first half, but the second half got tedious quick. Once we are introduced to the Royals, I started to get bored - it was quite predictable. Firstly, who the hell so lucky as to get a random rich guardian from nowhere? But oh well, I can buy that. It can happen. And secondly, how the hell he also conveniently got some handsome son, who went to a preppy school, and of course the son is a bad, handsome, threatening boy who had a sad past and quickly became aggressive to the main girl character. Tediously, their showoff always bordered on killing each other and having sex. The rest of the book is like your typically high school drama shit -who sleeps with who, sex, party, sex, arguing, rich kids, first world family problems, sex, sex, sex, hot guy and girl make out, angst, sex sex sex. Yeah it gets boring real quick. I don't think boys like Reed exist - if he dare to become aggressive to me, I'm suing this bitch. Plus he's a hypocritical piece of shit who kept making terrible comment on strippers. I cannot get attracted to bad boys who treat women like garbage, and that's why it probably diminished the enjoyment quality of this book. 
 For those who like this genre, however, it is actually a pretty fun book. Not too bad and the main character is awesome and quite sympathetic, so recommended for those who like new adult book. For classics lover like me, I rather have Dickens and Agatha Christie :)