Kasie West is just as cute as everyone kept telling me she is. I actually really enjoyed this book for a fluffy contemporary ya. But books that are too fluffy tend to be lower rated for me anyway just because I have a difficult time feeling really invested. Like it was cute, but cute doesn't make me absolutely love something the way books that make me cry do.

I think this book could have hit four stars maybe if the second half had been more like the first half. When they were locked in the library, I really enjoyed it. I loved watching their relationship progress and I liked seeing them deal with being hungry or cold or just suffering in small ways and helping each other out. Once they left the library, the book lost a bit of magic for me. There was a whole subplot about potentially fatal car crashes that didn't feel like it fit with the rest of the story and took over the plot more than the cutesy romance. I didn't hate it, I just think the book didn't need that.

At one point she tells a boy who likes her that she's not interested in him for no reason other than she happens to be not interested, and it doesn't ruin their friendship. That seems like such a small thing (and it is, kinda), but I read a lot of YA romance and the majority of the time, if there are two love interests then one must have some bad flaw to push the main character the other way. Or there's a big negative reaction to make you realize the MC made the correct choice. This was just like she was allowed to not like him for no reason even though he was perfectly nice. It's a very satisfying element in anything, but especially a YA romance and it made me happy.

That being said, this book is also fading fast. I'm writing this review a few weeks after I finished it and I do struggle to remember it. I'll probably unhaul my copy not out of malice but because it was a nice read and I'm sure someone else will enjoy it as well. I don't think I'll feel the need to return to this, although I will probably read more Kasie West in the future.

I'd recommend this if you're looking for some good cutesy YA romance. It won't ever be a favorite, but it was very solid and I'm so glad I wound up picking her up.