The Twelve Days of Dash and Lily by Rachel Cohn, David Levithan

The Twelve Days of Dash and Lily (Dash & Lily, #2)

by Rachel Cohn and David Levithan

'After reading this I wanted to read it all over again' - Zoe Sugg aka Zoella.

This glorious new collaboration from the New York Times bestselling authors of Nick & Norah’s Infinite Playlist was personally selected by Zoella for the Zoella Book Club. A teen romance set against the magical backdrop of New York City in December. It is the ultimate Christmas book.

Dash and Lily have been dating for nearly a year, but when Lily’s beloved grandfather falls ill, the repercussions take their toll on everyone. Even though they are still together, somehow the magic has gone out of their relationship and it’s clear that Lily has fallen out of love with life.

Action must be taken! Dash teams up with Lily’s brother and a host of their friends, who have just twelve days to get Lily’s groove back in time for Christmas.

A warm, wintry read that is guaranteed to be a favourite Christmas book for many years to come.

Look out for David and Rachel’s other young adult novels:  Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist and Naomi and Ely's No Kiss List.

Also by David Levithan, Every Day, Another Day, Marly's Ghost, Two Boys Kissing, How They Met and Other Stories.

David is the New York Times best-selling author of Boy Meets Boy and Marly’s Ghost. While among his many collaborations are Will Grayson, Will Grayson with Fault in Our Stars author John Green, and Nick and Norah’s Infinite Playlist with Rachel Cohn, which became a major film. Tiny Cooper from Will Grayson, Will Grayson, now has his own novel: Hold Me Closer: The Tiny Cooper Story. David is also a highly respected children’s book editor, whose list includes many luminaries of children’s literature, including Garth Nix, Libba Bray and Suzanne Collins. He lives and works in New York.

Rachel Cohn was born in Maryland, but later moved to New York. Her first novel, Gingerbread, was published in 2002. Since then she has gone on to write many other successful young adult and children's books, several in collaboration with David Levithan. She now lives and writes in Los Angeles, assisted by two very cool cats.

Reviewed by Sam@WLABB on

4 of 5 stars

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I fell in love with Dash and Lily, and was very excited to be back in NYC with them. This book takes place a year later. Lily has had a tough year due to familial worries, and Dash is trying to restore her spark. There are more moleskin adventures, clues to solved, and lots of laughs. Dash and Lily have a such sweet romance, and the love of Lily's family is also very special. Both Dash and Lily resolve some old issues, but also face some new ones head on, as things in their world continue to change. For those expecting the same vibe as the first book, it takes a while to get there, Lily is in a dark period, but the last part of the book is all that lovely chaos that I loved in the first book. This book was sweet and cute. It made me laugh and smile and warmed my heart. **I also smiled widely when Where's Fluffy was referenced.

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