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Dash & Lily's Book of Dares
by Rachel Cohn, David Levithan
Cute...... charming...... adorable........ FUN!!!
When self-professed nerdy-girl Lily concedes to her brother and allows him to formulate a red notebook full of challenges in her favorite bookstore, Lily has no idea what to expect. But, if she can have a little fun and maybe begin a riddled dialogue with a bookish boy around her age, what's the hard, right?
So when bookish-boy Dash uncovers the little red notebook in the J.D. Salinger section of his favorite store, he is more than a little intrigued. The book warns that if the reader is not ready for a journey of clues, he should simply place the book back on the shelf and walk away as if nothing has happened. Dash keeps the notebook, knowing that he can never walk away from a challenge this exciting.
In alternating chapters, Dash and Lily create witty challenges for one another, all through the circulation of their little red notebook, which jumps from bookstores to the Santa-Claus line at Macy's on Christmas eve to a crowded nightclub on Christmas day -- and beyond. As the two formulate mental pictures of one another, they wonder if it's best to keep things restricted to their little game of perfect expectations -- or should Dash and Lily dare to actually seek interaction beyond the little red notebook and meet up face to face?
I really enjoyed DASH AND LILY'S BOOK OF DARES but I expected no less from this fabulous author duo. The story was spunky and fun and the pace was exciting enough to keep me flipping ahead for me, even at 3 or 4 o'clock in the morning.
While I've never met teens that speak in this JohnGreen-esque manner of sarcasm and intelligence, it definitely translates well in writing, making the characters feel relateable even if they're not entirely realistic. While the romance aspect is inevitable, it's really not the centerfold of the story, allowing us non-mushy-gushy fans to get caught up in the action without that ever-present YA-romance eye-roll stage.
If you're a fan of YA literature, delightfully fun journeys of self-discovery, or crazy literary escapades involving well-spoken teens, definitely give DASH AND LILY'S BOOK OF DARES a shot.
You won't be disappointed.
When self-professed nerdy-girl Lily concedes to her brother and allows him to formulate a red notebook full of challenges in her favorite bookstore, Lily has no idea what to expect. But, if she can have a little fun and maybe begin a riddled dialogue with a bookish boy around her age, what's the hard, right?
So when bookish-boy Dash uncovers the little red notebook in the J.D. Salinger section of his favorite store, he is more than a little intrigued. The book warns that if the reader is not ready for a journey of clues, he should simply place the book back on the shelf and walk away as if nothing has happened. Dash keeps the notebook, knowing that he can never walk away from a challenge this exciting.
In alternating chapters, Dash and Lily create witty challenges for one another, all through the circulation of their little red notebook, which jumps from bookstores to the Santa-Claus line at Macy's on Christmas eve to a crowded nightclub on Christmas day -- and beyond. As the two formulate mental pictures of one another, they wonder if it's best to keep things restricted to their little game of perfect expectations -- or should Dash and Lily dare to actually seek interaction beyond the little red notebook and meet up face to face?
I really enjoyed DASH AND LILY'S BOOK OF DARES but I expected no less from this fabulous author duo. The story was spunky and fun and the pace was exciting enough to keep me flipping ahead for me, even at 3 or 4 o'clock in the morning.
While I've never met teens that speak in this JohnGreen-esque manner of sarcasm and intelligence, it definitely translates well in writing, making the characters feel relateable even if they're not entirely realistic. While the romance aspect is inevitable, it's really not the centerfold of the story, allowing us non-mushy-gushy fans to get caught up in the action without that ever-present YA-romance eye-roll stage.
If you're a fan of YA literature, delightfully fun journeys of self-discovery, or crazy literary escapades involving well-spoken teens, definitely give DASH AND LILY'S BOOK OF DARES a shot.
You won't be disappointed.