I waffle on this one. I was initially fairly put off by the extreme similarities to Twilight...not the same, but anyone who's read the Twilight series will immediately think of it for so many of the beginning plot parts... Kimmie didn't really seem to be that good of a friend...but then again, it's been a while since I went to high school... Yeah, I can't put it into words...sometimes I loved the chemistry between Ben and Camelia...sometimes it just didn't feel like there was enough there, and more like they liked each other based on the circumstances of their connection rather than just b/c they liked each other. *shrugs* It was ok, but I probably won't get any more in the series.