Ah Christmas. With all of its imperfections. I as an adult (ick) rarely ponder the many teens out in the world who are having less than magical holidays - unless they are homeless or truly hurting (I ponder those). Dash and Lily's Book of Dares was a pretty decent read. Dash is having a bit of a loner Christmas, having convinced each parent that he is staying with the other. Lily's family is away for the holidays and hers is a usually idyllic holiday experience. Her brother, sensing she needs some excitement, puts a red notebook in The Strand in New York next to Franny and Zooey, her favorite book, with the beginning of a sort of scavenger hunt where lily and dash trade back and forth the notebook, going all over New York and writing in it to each other without meeting. I loved the concept. And I loved that the two authors each wrote one character's paragraphs. But one of the authors was just better than the other. And then when the characters finally met it was disappointing. It ended fairly satisfactorily, but the one character was just weak to me.