I was definitely drawn to this book as soon as I read the description. It only took me so long to read it because my library didn't have it until recently but I am soo glad I finally got to read You Against Me.Jenny Downham pulls you in with her words like all the british slang teens use and typical vocabulary the British use. I had to keep looking up the words on my iPad!LOL) and realistic characters and makes doubt a times who is the victim. It was so heart-warming to see how something so beautiful like love can come out of the most dreary situations. Little by little without knowing it,Mickey, fell in love with Ellie and so did she. While reading I would be sitting in the edge of my seat waiting for Ellie and Mickey's next encounter, to see how they would over-come the many obstacles that they were going to have to face. (view spoiler)[In the beginning Mickey was so set on getting back at brother, no matter what the circumstances just to make him feel at least a little of the pain he casused his sister. He hadn't expected for the guy to have a sister, let alone be the one to open the door when he rang te bell to their home. I guess that is where his plan started to falter. He never expected to find a girl like Ellie smart, beautiful, and genuinly interested in him eventhough she knew he was lying about know her brother and them being friends. Even after Ellie found out Mickey was trying to trick her into telling him some useful information on her brother and confessed that he genuinly liked her , he was the one she called when she felt she couldn't trust anybody with the secret she'd been holding. She realized she still liked him and that he would understand what she was going through. In the end Mickey helped Ellie when it came to telling the truth eventhough it'd hurt her brother because it was the right thing to do. Don't get me wrong here, you'd think that I'd hate the bastard that raped Mickey's sister and I do to an extent, but Jenny Downham also shows you the good sides of Ellie's brother and how hard this is for him too. At times Jenny Downham makes you sympathize with him showing you the good sides he has like when he had to protect his sister from a raving dog,how their parents move from London to where they live now is hard on him and his sister becasue it's not easy to make friends, and I guess he wanted to impress them with a dare or something. Not that that is ok, but it makes you think why someone like Ellie's brother would do something like that. What also made me realize that Ellie's brother wasn't all that bad is that toward the end you realize that he is just a scared boy that did a horrible mistake and is afraid to take responsiblity of his action. But it seems he does in the end just like Ellie because he doesn't want to see his sister hurting anynore by covering for him. (hide spoiler)] 
 In one point or another's life we all make mistakes that we wish we hadn't done and want to take back. That's what i think this book is about. Regretting the wrongs you have done in life and even if your scared and it takes you some time to take responsinlity to your mistakes, finally owning up to them. Even if you make wrong actions or mistakes and sometimes you don't get to tell the truth on time and instead get confronted, admitting to them and and apoligizing is the right thing to do, even if that isn't enough, it's a start.