to be entirely honest , the rating of the books i read does depend quite a lot on the ending , and the ending was able to make my rating of the book a little higher . the characters were enjoyable to read about , but the random spanish words etc etc is not . . realistic ? i'm bilingual , and i don't talk like that . spanglish is obviously a thing , but it wasn't done in a personally realistic way . the relationship between the mmc and the fmc was very sweet , and it was fun to read about . no spice , it's a good young adult and adult book over all . a very hopefull plot when you've finished it . the middle was . . . a little slow . i could have done with it being a little shorter , but i'm not totally hung up on it . over all , decent read . not a full favorite , but i'd certainly suggest it to other people to read .