I read this book to fulfill one of the prompts of the 2016 PopSugar challenge, "A Book Set in Your Home State". And because my daughter loves it so much. Seeing how popular it was with teenaged girls I expected it to be sugary pulp and laughable. Not so! I was surprised how much I enjoyed it. And a couple of times something got into my eye... 
 Time to see the movie. Will read more of Green's work.