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108 reviews

Dash & Lily's Book of Dares by David Levithan, Rachel Cohn

funny hopeful lighthearted relaxing medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

This doesn’t happen often, but I preferred the series version of this book. Though a fun read, the choices made in the series made the story fuller and brought Dash & Lilly’s story to life in a way the book could have done better. I did appreciate some extra scenes and details in the book like

Dash’s interest in the Oxford dictionary and the fact that Lilly doesn’t kiss Tibau and Dash isn’t as in to Sophia in the book as in the series, not to mention the beautiful friendship that ends up blooming between them

But, in my opinion, the show was better. Plus, it had more diversity in the characters (in the book everyone is white).

Keeping this all in mind, I must say my opinion may be skewed since I absolutely adore the show and watched it before reading the book.

The Afterlife of Holly Chase by Cynthia Hand

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emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

The Hating Game by Sally Thorne

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lighthearted tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.25

Content Warnings

Wings of Ebony by J. Elle

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Did not finish book. Stopped at 2%.

In an audiobook, the narrator can make or break the story. In this case it unfortunately was the latter for me, though I still hope to read this story in print someday.

Out of Sorts by Sarah Bessey

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challenging hopeful inspiring reflective slow-paced

4.5

Stardust by Neil Gaiman

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adventurous funny lighthearted mysterious medium-paced