Bailey Rydell loves classic movies. She wears her hair Lana Turner-style and her only basis on how to dress for a beach party is Annette Funicello. Alex also loves classic movies (and some not so classic movies). But we don't know how he wears his hair or dresses because Bailey's never met him. She's talked to him every day for months and months, but it's always through the messenger system of her favorite movie fan chatboard site and it's always kept anonymous. She doesn't even know his real name. But, as chance would have, she does know that he lives in the same California surfer town as her father. And she just so happens to be moving there at the start of summer. Not that she'll tell Alex yet, despite how desperate he seems to want to meet her in person. Instead, she's going to take the summer to try to figure out his real identity, to determine if he's, you know, old or a creep or something. 
 That is, of course, until she meets Porter Roth, member of a prominent surfing family, the owner of beautiful curls, her coworker, and, perhaps, her least favorite person. But maybe there's more to him than she first thinks? 
 This book was cute and fluffy and everything I needed. It was the first book in a while that has led me to stay up too late, reading. I definitely wouldn't look to it as a paragon of well-written literature, but it was much better quality than a lot of YA contemporary fluff. Bailey's character was pretty well-done. Her obsession with all things vintage and "having style" may have made me roll my eyes a bit, but it did fit with her character. I especially appreciate that though she is introverted and prefers to be alone, she's not shy. It's refreshing to see that those two qualities aren't necessarily mutually inclusive. 
 Porter was swoony of course and was my favorite character. But, let's be real, what teenage boy is like him? I mean, with the romantic gestures and all that. All of these YA books are making me realize how dull my high school existence was! 
 Besides the sweet characters and the predictable but lovely plot, this book also touched on some important issues. Porter and Bailey both had some pretty dark stuff in their past and that's definitely shaped who they've become. 
 Anyway, cute summer book. You can probably read it in a sitting, smiling the whole time.