Never have I read such tremendous amounts of angst in a book before. This isn't a bad thing though, because Elkeles writes teenage love angst so perfectly that it just rips your heart. Return to Paradise focuses on Caleb and Maggie's reunion on a anti-drunk driving program where they, and others whose lives have been affected by drink driving, go on a road trip to speak to other teens. 
 Obviously, with this premise, there are a few new characters and while all of them have been affected by drink driving somehow, the novel never feels preachy or overly "don't drink drive. This is what happens". No, these are real teens going through real problems and I think readers can really feel for the characters and for what they're going through and you can't help but really want to root for them and hope that everything goes well for them. 
 Speaking of which, I have to say, I don't know if Caleb is the right guy for Maggie. I mean, sure, they have overcome incredible odds and have an undeniable attraction for each other, but as evident in this novel, Caleb can really be an a$$, like, seriously. One can argue that he's only behaving that way because he wants to push Maggie away to protect her, but I get the feeling that when the going gets too tough and he wants to protect Maggie, he's going to start behaving like a total jerk just to push her away. 
 The ending is one I quite liked, in that while I got the ending I wanted, it didn't feel like the author being all, "here you go, here's the ending everyone loves". It truly feels like a hard-earned ending and after 2 books and the immeasurable amount of angst in them, hard-earned indeed. :D Well done, Elkeles!