I gave it 5 stars for Dash's character. 
 Lily was a bit too childish for me, and not just because of her 
 five-year-old level of loving Christmas. It was because of everything that she did and acted. 
 Her brother has finally moved on and has a new boyfriend. His parents go away for a while, and his Grandfather too, so of course he's going to want to spend all the time with his boyfriend at home or wherever, that's just normal. But no, Lily the youngest, so spoiled she forgot to grow up in the process, hates him for that and it is ruining her Christmas. 
 I felt sorry for her because she had no real friends, however, even though I admired her childish manners, some things really got on my nerves. For instance, if a guy killed my pet, I would never go out with him, nor would I ask to meet him after a disastrous date in which he clearly shows what he wants from her. 
 I liked the questions about life that she asked, I liked how deep she sounded in those words, but her actions proved me wrong, her actions were just childish, and I am not talking about saving the baby, I am talking about her 'embracing danger'. You don't embrace danger with getting drunk while planning on doing something with a guy(who you believe has changed after half an hour talking). That guy will use you, and I hate to think what would have happened to her if Dash hadn't come to rescue her from his clutches. 
 I thought she would grow up a bit later in the book, but after she found out about moving to Fiji, she went all 'I'm going to ask for a pet dog, and I will not settle for a bunny.' I think the right thing she should have thought would be: 
 1. I will ask my parents to live with Aunt Ida 
 or 
 2. I don't have any friends here, I live under the cloak of my cousins and brother, may it would be good for me to move to Fiji and live on a beach 
 But that's just me. She made friends later in the book, for which I was grateful, but I didn't feel a complete change in her. 
 It seems to me that the book was only about their dares, not about something more meaningful, like growing up. 
 Dash character was a bit more mature, no thanks to a happy childhood, but he was a good guy. If Lily liked Christmas very much, Dash didn't like it at all. He should have grown up and accepted it as a holiday that brings hope to everybody in his surroundings, but no, all he did was walk alone, do things alone, and play dare with Lily. 
 So it felt like the book was supposed to have a meaning, but it somehow didn't. However, I give them credit for Dash's character, because it was rare, and it felt realistic to me.