This book is about teenage relationships and how sometimes they never last--especially if you're not with the right person. Vanessa and her boyfriend Ervin think they are the perfect couple. Very much alike and very much in love. Vanessa is one of the most popular sophomores in school and the fact that she goes out with the senior star of the football team shows even more highly of her. She thinks that her life is all figured out--until she meets Russell. He seems too good to be true: sweet, funny, and a total romantic. Even though she loves Ervin, she can't help comparing Ervin to Russell--and Russell always wins. The two begin to hang out on a regular basis and Ervin finds himself becoming jealous and way too overprotective, which drives Vanessa crazy and makes her back away from him even more. She is beginning to see that he is too much of a jock for her, always talking about basketball and his basketball friends. I guess you could say that Ervin's true personality is finally revealed. At basketball practice one afternoon, Russell overhears Ervin talking with a friend about a girl, who Russell thinks is Vanessa. He talks extremely rude about this girl, calling her names and putting her down. Russell laters finds out that Ervin was not talking about Vanessa but instead another girl. He is cheating on Vanessa! Russell now is faced with the choice to either tell Vanessa about her cheating boyfriend or to let her find out on her own. Vanessa, on the other hand, is clueless and thinks she has it all until she finds out the so-called love of her life is cheating on her. At first she doesn't know how to react, but finally comes to her senses and breaks up with Ervin. She is heartbroken, but finds comfort in Russell who soon becomes the new and faithful love of her life. I think this book is one of the best I have ever read. It relates so much to teenage life, growing up and being faced with social problems like this one. I have never read a book like this before and now that I have I plan to read many, many more just like this one. It's amazing to me how real the story seems. It's as if the situation is happening to you or someone you know right at this moment. Sometimes I couldn't even make myself put the book down because I was so interested in it. I would definitly recommend this book to anyone who enjoys books about real teenage life.