I have to confess, I didn't know whether this book was going to end up like a romance or it was going to end up like Carrie. And to be honest, I was mostly rooting for the Carrie ending. This book--about a young woman whose neighbor/childhood friend is a jerk and bully to her for her entire high school career--perpetuates the myth that "he's mean to you because he loves you" and in real life that is simply not acceptable and leads to abusive relationships. The book almost--and I stress, almost--made it work, because it is very well-written. The steam level is a bit high for a YA so I'm classifying it as NA although the characters are high school age.