I was ready for this the moment that the author announced the spin-off series and couldn't devour it fast enough! First, this was not the story I was expecting to get about these characters...but it was 10x better! Daria was much more lovable than I expected her to be. Penn was everything that the author described him to be in teasers. The Hotholes? They're even better as grown-ups! And the supporting roles played by Knight and Vaughn were so so perfect. But back to the story itself...the angst that existed between Queen B Daria and bad boy Penn was so explosive. It was actually difficult to predict anything that was going to happen in the story, and that made all the twists and turns so much more gut-wrenching. I cried, I smiled, and I even fist pumped at one point! This was a true L.J. Shen gem if I've ever read one (and I've read them all).