I like Good Oil. 
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 I almost always have problems with books ending in an open note. Good Oil is one of them. I believe the Amelia's and Chris' story was just starting to pick up and evolve when I encounter the finish line of the book. Sigh. For what its worth, i love Chris' POV more than Amelia's. 
 I think I might need to cut Amelia some slack. She's whiny, and definitely too naive for my taste but i remind myself... she's only fifteen. Yeah, so maybe Buzo wrote Amelia's character effectively in that case, right? And she can still relate to Chris on some levels. And I kinda felt bad when she got burned. Chris' character is far more livelier and compelling than Amelia's. There's a lot of curses and bitter memories that seemed to work under the belt of such a friendly guy. I felt Chris' strength through his angst, and ironically, i felt better when i read his POV. I can relate to him. Compared to Amelia, Chris crashed and burned in small but drastic proportions. 
 There are cute moments, yes, and i like Good Oil for that. It was not pretentious at all. Well, i was sure from the beginning how Amelia's love would turn out. But i did not expect how Chris wonderfully (and sometimes, not so wonderful) responded to that.