Like the novel that came before this one, the story is told via emails, interoffice memos, newspaper articles, and transcripts of telephone calls. If you aren't used to the format, it can be difficult to digest. I think what could be the most difficult is the rapid switching back and forth between points of view. Meg Cabot does a good job, though, of making this easy for the reader. She writes each of the characters incredibly distinctively, so even if you skip the subject line of an email or two, you don't have to worry. The characters stand out. You don't need the typical format a novelist uses to get to know them. Dialogue and pages of adjectives aren't necessary because each of the characters are able to tell their own stories succinctly and in their own tones.

In all honesty, I liked the characters in this sequel almost as much as I liked the characters in the original, but I found the story in the first novel more interesting—though I did love the few times that characters from the first novel popped up. It was fun to see where their stories have gone since the original, and just as fun to see how the lives of the new characters overlapped with those introduced in the first story, since the only main character in this novel who had a notable part in the first is Kate's boss. If you've read the first novel, I'd definitely recommend this just because it continues the story. If you haven't read the first novel, this one can stand alone, but I definitely think the two stories work better together.