I had been dying to get my mitts on this, and it was truly a disappointment. It's hard to believe this gal writes for a living. I think I could have written something better. I want to point out something, to any girl who gets her hair highlighted (as Julie does by "Ariette), there is no dye involved, and when the author states "the dye was applied to her strands" (or something similar), being the as savvy as she claims to be, she would know that BLEACH is applied to make hair blonde. These inconsistencies, even I know better.Please don't waste your money on this, there are so many sappy novels out there that are probably better. Plum Sykes isn't even blonde as is proud of this fact...whatever.