!!Contains some spoilers!! 
 I really, really liked this book! But somehow it felt just right to give it 4 stars. Panic is exactly the kind of contemporary story I like! 
 When I started to read this I immediately recognised Lauren Oliver's writing style from Before I Fall (it didin't necessarily remind me of Delirium), and I liked that, it felt like reading something new but still familiar if that makes any sense. 
 I really enjoyed the plot and characters, and I think that the game Panic was crazy. It would be horrible in real life, but in a book it was entertaining. Still I thought that why the heck are these people playing with their lives. Ultimately Panic is a story about friendship and I loved that aspect. 
 I always find something to say about endings or some of the last moments of books and this is not an exception. THAT WAS INTENSE! I knew that Heather would take Dodge's car the moment Nat took care that Dodge wouldn't participate in Joust. I was like nope, nope, nope... and it happened and I was like what's going to happen, I have a bad feeling, this feels like Before I Fall. I was happy that it didn't go that far!