I generally don't read YA contemporary romances, particularly one with kind of a silly lottery-winner premise. But then I saw in the blurb that the love interest's name is Seth Nguyen. 
 SETH NGUYEN. OH. MY. GOD. AN ASIAN GUY AS A LOVE INTEREST. This has almost literally never happened before in an YA novel. 
 Plus, the book takes place in Santa Ana/Tustin, California. I LIVE LIKE LITERALLY 5 MINUTES AWAY. 
 Tustin wasn't a huge city, but in Southern California, cities bled together. Tustin ran into Santa Ana, which ran into Westminster, which ran into Anaheim and then Los Angeles. Sometimes it all felt like one big city. 
 I get excited by little things, ok? 
 Before I start, let me say that though I don't typically read these types of books, I am not averse to them. I love romance. I read HR extensively, but like in every genre, this has to be well-written and enjoyable to read. For me, this book was just ok. 
 Here is why: the premise is about a poor girl who wins the lottery. Now, granted, she is very, very young. Practically an infant (I'm in my 30s now and trust me, when you're as ancient as I am, everyone under 20 are babies). She makes very poor decisions regarding her newfound money, and while her age and inexperience can be attributed to her reckless spending, it doesn't exactly make her likable either, and I found myself groaning at her sometimes idiotic naivete. She means well. She wants to make everyone happy. She thinks money can solve everything. I get it, but it doesn't mean I don't get extremely frustrated reading about one poor decision after another. 
 I was poor. My family were Vietnamese immigrants. We came to the US as refugees, with nothing. If anything, growing up poor made the young me frugal. That is why I found it so hard to relate with her throwing away her newfound money on useless things. In the beginning, I liked her. Maddie had her head on straight. 
 School, and college, were the most important things in my life at the moment. Nothing--I looked at Seth--or no one would change that. 
 Interestingly enough, she changed - not for the better - throughout the book. 
 Seth was also a really one-dimensional character, too. Their interactions were cute, but there really wasn't much more to Seth, or on that note, any of her friends. The entire book felt like it was mostly inane teenager dialogue with not much complexity or plot.