What ultimately made me give this book up, 150 pages in, was that there was no mystery to it. 
 There's no question what's going to happen here, with a title like AMY & ROGER'S EPIC DETOUR and the front cover featuring the two said characters holding hands. They'll get lost, they'll realize they're in love with each other, the end. 
 There's some other stuff in the middle, of course. Amy is responsible for her Dad's death (or at least she thinks she is, I gave up before the "big reveal" on what exactly happened) and Roger is chasing down his ex-girlfriend who heartlessly dumped him (apparently, again, didn't reach the big reveal). Amy's mom has planned out their route to the letter, but Amy and Roger don't stick to it, as the title suggests. This leads to a journey of self-discovery, learning to forgive, and ultimately them dating each other. 
 Honestly, this is what really frustrates me: we know the resolution of the "biggest" plot point before the book is even started. It's right there on the cover. Amy and Roger get together. And honestly, I know that in contemporary YA, a lot of things are about characters "finding themselves." I know the two of them go on some type of emotional journey. But it's not hard to guess what it is. Amy thinks she killed her Dad, Roger helps her realize it wasn't totally her fault, Amy talks things over with her mom and everything works out in the end. Along the way, Roger realizes that his ex-girlfriend really is terrible, and that Amy is (surprise surprise) perfect for him. 
 There was a point in the book where someone calls Amy and Roger "flaming," and Amy later asks if that was in reference to her red hair. Roger, blushing, explains that it meant that they looked good together... that the person who said it thought he and Amy were a couple. Amy blushes in response. This made me throw my hands up in frustration. As if there's any ending other than them getting together. 
 It wasn't all bad, though. I actually really, really liked the little "extras" of the books. The scrapbook pages, the receipts, the playlists. Unfortunately, these things didn't make up for the fact that the entire course of the book was predictable and didn't hold any excitement. 
 To be honest, the more I read the book, the more I thought about the contemporary YA romance road trip I would want to read. Someone rents out a crappy van, and six or so characters pile in. Sexualities unknown, they set across America together, discovering national beauties and new romantic feelings. The ending isn't given away by the cover, and there's mystery as to who will get together. It's switches perspective so you can get the scoop on who likes who, and each individual character's take on their journey. One of them is named Dawn. People start getting together before the very last chapter so the reader can enjoy fun chapters of people being romantically cute together. 
 Part of me honestly hopes that I'm wrong about this book. That it ends with them just being friends, with Roger getting back together with his ex or something to that effect. The thing is, even if that is the case, I'm not going to pick up this book again. Because even 150 pages in, I'm not incredibly invested. And the writing is fine, there's no real problems with it, but there's nothing exciting to it either. 
 All in all, I don't care for this book, but I don't really know what I expected.