Both Dash and Lily are spending their Christmas break virtually alone. Lily decides she need to find love, so she leaves a red notebook full of puzzled and dares for a guy to find in her favourite bookstore. When Dash finds the notebook, he follows the directions, and the pair continue to pass the notebook back and forth all over New York. In the notebook they can share everything they hope and aspire to be, and instantly click. But when they finally meet each other, will they have that same connection? 
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 3.5 stars 
 So, I finally finished this book last night. It took just about forever because I had to return it to the library when I was in the middle of it. :( 
 But I'm done it now, and I have to say I really enjoyed it. 
 To be honest, the sole reason I picked this up was because it takes place during Christmas and I really, really wanted to read a Christmassy book. 
 It was different from what I expected, but in a good way. I found the plot to be very unique and intriguing, and I absolutely adored the characters! Not just the main ones though, ALL of them. Dash, Lily, Mark, Boomer, Sophie, Grandpa, Langston, Benny, Alice - each and every one of them! They were all also well developed and I liked the way they all interacted with each other. 
 I also very much enjoyed how the story was told from the alternating view points of both Dash and Lily. It was interesting to see both of their thoughts and feelings about what was going on. 
 And this book was so funny! It had me laughing the whole way through! 
 Also, the book was beautifully written. I definitely wasn't expecting that! Sometimes there'd just be these fantastic quotes about... life? that really just made me think. And I loved that! 
 Additionally, the ending of the story was so cute! It was funny, adorable, and perfect for the story. I often find that contemporary endings are too abrupt, so when a book ends so perfectly like this one did, it makes me really happy! 
 Something I didn't like about this story was how very unrealistic it was. This would NEVER actually happen in real life, and something about that bugged me a little bit. It was almost as if everything worked out a little too perfectly. 
 Also, some scenes were a little bit boring. Even though it is a pretty short book, I feel some things were drawn out and didn't keep me as interested as they could have. 
 And there were some scenes that were just SO weird, and I can't decide if it was a good kind of weird or not. For example, Dash was home alone and randomly decided to walk around his house completely naked. He did all these different things naked, such as eat yogurt. Why? I have absolutely no clue! It was just so bizarre and random... I just don't even know what to think. 
 I think I will probably read the sequel that's coming out sometime this next year. I wonder if it will take place around Christmas again... or maybe it will pick up right after this one left off... or maybe during summer vacation... or spring break...? I don't know, but I'm sure it'll be good either way!