This is the first book I've read by Lauren Barnholdt, and it's not like it was bad. It wasn't, I swear. It's just that it was really, blah. 
 I did finish the book rather quickly, so there were obviously things I liked about it. 
 1. The dialogue was cute, and I found Courtney's inner thoughts pretty funny. She jumped around a lot but that's really what made it so relatable, in my opinion. 
 2. I liked that "hooking up" meant, like, making out or something. That's what it meant in my high school days. 
 3. Jordan is put in a really tough position, and even though he makes a terrible decision, he tries to do the right thing by Courtney. I like that, through everything, he was always trying to put her feelings first. 
 Now for the things I didn't like. 
 1. Courtney's voice and Jordan's voice sound almost exactly the same, and I don't know very many guys that think/talk like that. 
 2. We never see Courtney's approach to the situation being kept from her, which was kind of a cop out to me. I believe there's a second book, but I probably won't read it since this one left such little impact on me. 
 3. Why does the best friend always have to be slutty? I have a lot of best friends, and none of them are slutty. Just sayin'. 
 4. How do none of these kids have curfews, or parents that are all, You follow the rules as long as you live under my roof. It seems that they all do pretty much whatever they want, like going to Miami with their boyfriends................... 
 For a book that was traditionally published and (I'm assuming) went through numerous editors and the likes, it had quite a few silly grammatical errors. Not sure if it's just the Kindle version with the issues but it was mildly annoying. 
 It's a bit sad to say, but I don't think I'll be picking up anything else from this author. Her covers are pretty, though, which is tempting, but apparently pretty covers are only that. Sometimes...