This was just the book I needed to get me back into reading. While reading is usually my escape, I think the pandemic was just really messing with my mojo the past few months. But, Rachel Cohn & David Levithan wrote a funny and hopeful love story that reeled me back in.
Just before Christmas, holiday hater Dash finds a red notebook on a shelf at his favorite bookstore. Opening it up, he finds a challenge and decides to play along. Lily, a lover of all things holiday, is the one who left the red notebook. What follows is a series of dares in that notebook that send Lily and Dash all over NYC. The dares get bolder as they reveal more of themselves to each other while keeping their identities secret. But should they meet up in person? What if the person doesn't live up to expectations?
Snarly Dash and quirky Lily seem like opposites and it's not "love at first read" for them. However they find each other - and the idea of this scavenger hunt - intriguing. Both are surrounded by a great cast of supporting characters that fill this story with life, love, laughter and hope. If you like books that make you feel warm and fuzzy, grab your comfiest blanket, a cup of cocoa and check this one out.
The book is available for curbside pickup from South and the book, ebook and audiobook are available through the Nashua Public Library. (Yes, there is a Netflix series based on this book. Already watched that? Check out the other two books in the Dash & Lily series: The Twelve Days of Dash & Lily and Mind the Gap, Dash & Lily)