So, Ester and Johan are BFFs. Ester is in love with this cute rocker guy who is in a band, and Johan is in love with Ester. He has been for the past four years, but she's been friendzoning him. Unknowingly, of course, he hasn't told her.

And this where it could've gone straight to hell. Luckily, Johan has other problems going on in his life, suspecting that his dad is cheating on his mom and that his parents are probably gonna get a divorce. His feelings for Ester are nothing compared to that.

I liked this book, it had me sold ... right until the ending. It's oh so predictable, and me saying that is probably enough for me to spoil the ending for you. Sorry. But it could've been so much better, we could've gotten something about girls and boys being friends and nothing more, but noooooo, we never get that, do we? Feelings ALWAYS have to get involved.

(Maybe I should state here that I am personally bothered by this since one of my closest friends since I was a kid has been a boy. His name also happens to be named Johan and he fits the physical description of the character in the book a little too much. That put me off any romantic feeling to the dude from page one, more or less.)

It's a good book. I related to the main character in that "oh gods I don't ever wanna be a teen again" kind of way that I love to relate to YA protagonists, the writing was solid and apart from the ending I thought it was pretty realistic. Sadly, the ending was predictable and not what I wanted, so it's only three stars from me. Will pick up the author's latest book though. ( )

I fyra år har Johan varit hemligt kär i sin tjejkompis. I fyra år har han bitit ihop, lyssnat, spelat intresserad när hon babblat om sina kärlekshistorier. Men nu går det inte längre. Han kommer att explodera!

Johan och Ester har varit bästa kompisar sedan tidernas begynnelse. Först satt de bredvid varandra i sandlådan, nu är de 16 år och sitter bredvid varandra i gymnasieklassrummet på Katedralskolan i Växjö. De vet precis allt om varandra. I alla fall nästan. Det är bara en sak som Johan inte har talat om för Ester - han har varit kär i henne de senaste fyra åren, och tycker inte att det här med bästa kompisar räcker längre.
Tyvärr verkar Ester bara ha ögon för den där pinnen med gitarren. Han med hårdrocksfrisyr och slitna converse. Adam. Ester får gåshud bara hon hör namnet. Hon förstår inte alls varför Johan tjurar så mycket den här hösten, livet är ju fantastiskt! I alla fall fram till den där halloweenfesten, när allt händer på samma gång ...

En underbar ungdomsbok om vänskap och kärlek. ( )