***UPDATE 1.5 stars The more I thought about this book, the more I disliked it. The premise was completely ridiculous and I really disliked the characters. I find that with Kasie West books I almost never like the protagonist enough to ship her with the romantic interest. I feel like Dax deserves better.***

Original review below

Quick, light read. I had a issues with it, mostly stemming from the initial premise of the book: two teens trapped together in a library over a long weekend...so somehow neither of them has a phone, but there is also no phone anywhere IN the library? And Autumn goes up to the roof and rings a big bell that doesn't get anyone's attention...why don't they just go up in the daytime and call out to passersby? Unless this library is out of the way of town or something...which shouldn't have been difficult to mention.
And the library doesn't have any emergency exits?! Or a security system? I feel like most buildings like that would probably have some sort of motion-activated alarm...but what do I know?
And when all else failed...why didn't she break a damn window?! I'm sorry, but if some neglectful librarian didn't do a proper sweep of the library before locking up for the weekend then I wouldn't feel guilty in the slightest for getting out in any way possible.
I just feel like it could've been set up a little more realistically. As it was, the beginning felt a little clunky. As readers, we had to suspend disbelief a little further than should be expected from a contemporary realistic fiction.


Also, Autumn felt very young to me. When I realized that she was supposed to be a senior in high school I found it very surprising, as she came across as relatively immature.

In the first couple pages, after she realizes she's stuck without her cell phone, she actually thinks, "How did people pass the time without their cell phones."
...while she's in the middle of a fully-stocked freaking LIBRARY! Not the brightest bulb in the chandelier...

I did think the romance was cute, and liked Dax as a character. I kind of wish we could've had his POV as well, instead of just hers. I actually felt like he was a far more compelling character. As far as the side characters, they were relatively one-dimensional and I didn't feel like they had very distinct personalities.

I appreciated that Autumn suffered from anxiety and that it was an integral part of her character, but I do feel like it was used as a plot device in a couple of instances. I don't know that it was portrayed authentically. I did like her describing it to Dax and her relating it to his feelings regarding his freedom.

All in all, I wasn't blown away by this book, but I didn't hate it either. It was fine.