I suppose I have a lot of the same issues with this book as other readers who tended to give it lower reviews. While I didn't *hate* the book, it was not a favorite for several reasons. 
 First, it just wasn't realistic. Not in the way that "werewolves aren't real," because I can suspend my disbelief for the sake of a good story. It was more like, "a guy wouldn't say things like that, no matter how 'sensitive' he is," or "there's no way Grace's parents could be this neglectful and self-absorbed without Grace being much less self-adjusted and/or Child Protective Services being involved." 
 I was also a little put off by Grace's lack of compassion for her friends and classmates. The author tries to paint her as a good, caring girl who takes care of her parents, even when they are horrible parents, but at the same time, she is completely self-absorbed and neglectful herself when it comes to the other (non-Sam) relationships in her life. The only other people she gives even a little consideration to are Beck (probably because he raised Sam and reminds her of him) and Isabel (which is odd, because Isabel isn't very nice to Grace). 
 I found the pace at the middle of the book to be very slow, and the ending to be a little contrived and ill-explained. I'm not, in general, a fan of poetry, so the song lyrics were a little trite and annoying. 
 There were some parts that I liked. I did enjoy reading the interactions between Sam and Beck. I think Beck may have been my favorite character, actually. He did really care about Sam and about the other members of the pack. He was a fairly decent parental figure, although the part where he made some other werewolves was a bit odd and should have been dealt with a bit more. 
 Grace's initial romantic attraction to a wolf is rather odd and I'm not sure what to make of that. 
 Overall, I'm not sorry that I read the book, but I'm not sure that I would read it again. I may or may not read the sequels. I tend to give them the benefit of the doubt, though.