I was sceptical at first cause I saw someone recommend it but it isn't that popular, but it kinda should be? It's honestly amazing. The characters are so diverse and the books handles racism so well in my opinion. It was pretty sad too and I was getting kinda frustrated cause I felt like everything bad was happening. But that's just me. The romance part took up more space than what I expected, but it wasn't overwhelming. It's cute and I love the relationships between Marcus and Monica and Wing and Aaron. I liked how the author wrote about the ugly side to being a golden boy? And how teenagers actually are and the bad that can come from one very reckless decision even if you've been kind your whole life. And life can never really be the same and it's terrifying but you'll get through it.