Rating: 1/5 
 ***Minor spoilers*** 
 Allyson is currently on a trip around Europe with her best friend Melanie. The trip was a graduation present from her parents before she went to college in Boston. The thing is, she isn't really enjoying it as much as she feels she should. She's underwhelmed by the cities they visit and she isn't into going to the pubs like her best friend is. At a Shakespeare performance in one of the places she's visiting, she meets a man named Willem. As fate would have him, she meets him again at the train station when she's meant to stay in London for a few days before heading home. Instead, she takes Willem up on his offer of him taking her to Paris for just one day. 
 I didn't really like this book. I found Allyson a very annoying character to deal with. First of all, she's on a trip around Europe that her parents paid for as a gift and she's complaining because she doesn't think the cities look the same as they did in movies she saw? Are you kidding me? There are so many people that would love to be in your shoes and you're complaining that you get to travel across Europe. She's entirely too trusting and naive. Taking off with a guy you just met to a city you've never been to and where you don't even speak the native language? Trusting him to pay for everything for you? (view spoiler)[ Having sex with him? (hide spoiler)] Shel even gave him her watch to wear, which was another graduation present that probably costed hundreds of dollars. And then after literally a day in Paris with him she's madly in love with him. This girl is like 18, how can someone be so naive? 
 Most of the issues I had with this book were the characters. There was barely a likeable one at all. Allyson's mother is forcing her own hopes and dreams on Allyson. Allyson's grades start dipping in college because she's both upset over Willem and the classes are hard. Her mother doesn't stop to consider that something is wrong with her daughter. She just "punishes" her for doing worse than usual, then when Allyson is noticeably upset, she dismisses the notion that Allyson may be depressed and simply says that she's just upset she's being punished. Her best friend doesn't contact her at all, doesn't send a birthday present (or even a card!) and pressures her to be both the Allyson she's used to and the Allyson she wants her to be. 
 Overall, I didn't like this book very much. The characters are annoying and I feel like they never stopped for a moment and thought about how they were acting. I hated the insta-love (falling in love in a day?) and how naively trusting Allyson was. And then after, I was sick of her pining. The last third of the book wasn't as bad as the first parts, but by that time I was already tired of the book and wanted it to be over. I definitely don't recommend if you're into great characters and a well developed romance.