Review: By Your Side by Kasie West
Title: By Your Side
Author: Kasie West
Purchase: Amazon ~ Kindle
Rating: ☆☆☆☆
When Autumn Collins finds herself accidentally locked in the library for an entire weekend, she doesn’t think things could get any worse. But that’s before she realizes that Dax Miller is locked in with her. Autumn doesn’t know much about Dax except that he’s trouble. Between the rumors about the fight he was in (and that brief stint in juvie that followed it) and his reputation as a loner, he’s not exactly the ideal person to be stuck with. Still, she just keeps reminding herself that it is only a matter of time before Jeff, her almost-boyfriend, realizes he left her in the library and comes to rescue her.
Only he doesn’t come. No one does.
Instead it becomes clear that Autumn is going to have to spend the next couple of days living off vending-machine food and making conversation with a boy who clearly wants nothing to do with her. Except there is more to Dax than meets the eye. As he and Autumn first grudgingly, and then not so grudgingly, open up to each other, Autumn is struck by their surprising connection. But can their feelings for each other survive once the weekend is over and Autumn’s old life, and old love interest, threaten to pull her from Dax’s side?
This is my first Kasie West read. I am really glad I bought four other books of hers.
This book is super adorable. Although, I feel like someone wouldn’t get locked in the library, much less two people. It seemed pretty unrealistic at that point.
I originally thought the entire book was just going to be in that library. Boy, I was relieved I didn’t have to read over 300 pages of that! There’s only so much you can write about being in a library!!
Autumn is your typical teenage girl. Except, she has anxiety that nobody knows about. She gets locked in the library when she declares she had to pee after consuming a crap-ton of soda.
Dax is the “bad boy” at school who was rumored to have spent some time in juvie. He isn’t what people make him out to be. He’s far from it. He’s a boy who’s scared of commitment and friendships.
When Autumn and Dax end up in the library together, things could have gotten ugly. They didn’t. Their time together is actually pretty fun. They play games and learn secrets.
Whilst watching T.V. and eating stolen food, they see a news broadcast that says Jeff (the guy Autumn likes) has been a wreck and she was presumably with him and currently missing. This sends her in a panic attack.
Her and Dax’s friendship sort of dwindles from that moment. He’s not a real people-person. He likes to be by himself so he can’t help to push Autumn away when she tries to spend time with him.
Autumn feels pressured to tell her friends the truth about her anxiety and she’s more pressured to tell Jeff that she doesn’t like-like him anymore.
All of that ends with Autumn and Dax as a couple. There are a lot more key parts but you can find those out for yourselves!!
I loved Autumn and Dax’s relationship. I feel like it’s a typical teenage romance though. Especially with Jeff involved. Although, any normal person wouldn’t push their crush to another guy, just saying.
I’m really trying to get into YA contemporary books and I feel like this was a really good place to start. Kasie’s writing was very easy to read. It took me a little bit to get into the book, though. But as soon as I was in, I didn’t want to put it down!!
It’s super cute and will make you grin like a dork!
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