Dash & Lily's Book of Dares

By: Rachel Cohn, David Levithan

Narrated by: Ryan Gesell, Tara Sands

Now a Netflix original series starring Austin Abrams and Midori Francis! A whirlwind holiday season romance from the New York Times bestselling authors of Nick & Norah’s Infinite Playlist.

“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.”

16-year-old Lily has left a red notebook full of challenges on her favorite bookstore shelf, waiting for just the right guy to come along and accept its dares. Dash, in a bad mood during the holidays, happens to be the first guy to pick up the notebook and rise to its challenges.

What follows is a whirlwind romance as Dash and Lily trade dares, dreams, and desires in the notebook they pass back and forth at locations all across New York City. But can their in-person selves possibly connect as well as their notebook versions, or will their scavenger hunt end in a comic mismatch of disastrous proportions?

Co-written by Rachel Cohn (GINGERBREAD) and David Levithan, co-author of WILL GRAYSON, WILL GRAYSON with John Green (THE FAULT IN OUR STARS), DASH & LILY'S BOOK OF DARES is a love story that will have listeners scouring bookstore shelves, looking and longing for a love (and a red notebook) of their own.

Yearly Christmas Book

I don't know there's just something about Dash and Lily around the holiday season. I read this yearly.

Very good story

If you could sum up Dash & Lily's Book of Dares in three words, what would they be?

Fast paced and lovely

What other book might you compare Dash & Lily's Book of Dares to and why?

I would compare it to:
1) Just One Wish - Janette Rallison
2) Take me There - Susane Colasanti

because they were all good stories and fast paced events

What does Ryan Gesell, and Tara Sands bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you just read the book?

they perform the characters in such a way that I really liked .. The voice of dash was AMAZING

Did you have an extreme reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?

it make LAUGH ALOT

Any additional comments?

the book was so good and the ending was so great looking farward to read more from these authors

Heartwarming Young Adult Novel

Loved the innocence of this book. Engaging imagery. Performance was animated to hold the reader's attention but not seem hokey.

Missed the Mark

This story was a cute idea poorly executed. Some passages of the writing were quite clever, while too many of them tried too hard with the cutsey/trying not to be cutsey New York too-clever-and-hip-for-you language. Also, I did not find it believable that the two main characters could be a couple: while the young man comes across as an intelligent and nice person (who may be open-minded to any number of possibilities) the girl just plain seems too young for him. Her maturity and (lack-of) experience just seems too far behind where he is in life. Through the notebook you do get the hint that they might indeed be compatible - only, in a few years after she's "grown up" a little more. To be more convincing, the female voice needed to sound just a little bit older. Also, I found the ending a bit anti-climactic. So, I regret to say this did not win me over.

Book Lovers Fun Read

Book of Dares keeps you so mesmerized and is so romantic too. I loved it.