I enjoyed this way more than I ever expected to enjoy it. In fact, the first few pages had me thinking "Oh jeez, it's one of those books, ugh, too much fluff." But I was wrong. This book had depth and heart and a really fresh teenage experience. The characters are all from working class/working poor families and living in a blink-and-you'll-miss-it type towns, which is different from a lot of YA books that feature mostly middle class kids with few major struggles. The writing was really well done, the characters felt real and made honest mistakes, and the story felt personal (I'm not sure how else to describe it- I really felt and cared for the characters and was rooting for them to end up ok). Very well done and truly a great example of how contemporary YA isn't just fluffy romances.