Dash & Lily’s Book of Dares by Rachel Cohn and David
Levithan was both wonderful and flat. The
premise behind the book is that Lily has left a red notebook hidden in a
secondhand book store. She is doing this
because her brother believes she needs romance in her life, and this is the way
to do it. At this particular book store,
a boy named Dash likes to rack the shelves and fill his literary
curiosity. On this one particular day
Dash notices a curious looking book, well notebook, on the shelf. He opens this said notebook and in it he
finds an invitation to play along in her book of dares, ending with “I’ve left
some clues for you. If you want them,
turn the page. If you don’t, put the
book back on the shelf, please.” Dash of
course will be spending Christmas alone, like any regular fun loving young
adult so he decides this will be a great adventure for him.
Many of the dares aren’t as ridiculous or funny as you might
think. There are some thought provoking
moments in the novel, where dares are not the only option but so are
truths. Lily and Dash become obsessed
with, well each other, and what the other means to them. Without knowing each other both Lily and Dash
have put each other on this pedestal as the person that will save or smooth
their life. They give too much
importance and bias to each other, which only leads to the point that they
might disappoint each other in the long run when they meet.
That was the wonderful part, besides the awesomely hilarious
adventures these two have, I really did not see the romance between them. I don’t want to ruin anything but it almost
seemed force, as if that is how it should be and that is why it is. Some book romances make me roll my eyes but rarely
do I find some that just don’t jive with what the author has created. Perhaps this is an individual’s bias or
perception but still I must pray tell. Other
than that, it is a fun book that should be read in December with hot chocolate
and a playful disposition.
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