The daughter of a wealthy hotel owner finds herself talking shelter in the mysterious Hotel Houdini... that will trap her in it forever if she doesn't find a way out before midnight, and she'll have to get the help of a mysterious boy out of time and find the key to free the trapped magical being in the basement, can she make it out in time? Anna has a plan, she's been meticulous about what her life is going to be but when her father usurps those plans in the middle of her sister's wedding, Anna decides to leave only to find herself in the middle of a raging storm and decides to take shelter in a hotel she's never seen before, the Houdini. The Houdini is nothing like she ever expected, especially since Anna is discovering from the mysterious boy named Max who most definitely is not from her time, that if she doesn't make it out by midnight she'll be trapped here forever like he is. Can they both work together to solve the mystery and escape the Houdini? This read very much more like a young young adult novel, it definitely could be middle-grade I think. It felt so much younger than other young adult novels. I didn't really feel the connection/romance between Max and Anna, and honestly the constant back and forth POVs between Max, Anna, Phoebe, Daniel, and etc was just a lot. The story was simple but just didn't really feel that magical or fun. The premise was intriguing and then it kind of just didn't really entice me as much as I had hoped it would. Overall, if you like simple mystery/quest stories then definitely give this a go!

*Thanks Netgalley and Random House Children's, Delacorte Press for sending me an arc in exchange for an honest review*