Sleigh Tour Winter Book Review: Dash & Lily Book of Dares by Levithan and Cohn

Today I’m excited to host a review for the WinterHaven Sleigh Tour. This week WinterHaven and a great group of sleigh bloggers are posting our choice of a Winter Book Review. To see who else is on the sleigh, you can go to our WinterHaven Sleigh Tour page for a list of participating blogs.

My Winter Book choice is Dash & Lily Book of Dares by
David Levithan and Rachel Cohn.  

My Thoughts

I loved this book. A.L.O.T.!! And all I can chalk it up to is the fact that I needed a good laugh. A downright, gut wrenching good laugh and this book did it. I literally laughed so much throughout the story that I’d stop and read passages to whatever family member was in listening distance because to me… it was comic brilliance. That is the true markings of a funny book IMO, when my family yells in surrender, “Enough! We know you’ve lost your mind!”

The dares were fun and exciting and the characters that made up this story warmed my heart. Their epistolary flirtation was continuously captivating and I didn’t want the red notebook journey to end. I wish I would have had the nerve to pull off a stunt like that when I was a teenager. What a hoot!

Dash is the king of hilarious!! I want to possess his snark. He is my snark hero. *applauds* His snarly, pensive, yet caring character was worthy of a fictional crush.

Favorite Dash lines:
"I’m looking for ‘Fat Hoochie Prom Queen.’ No response. It’s a BOOK, not a person."
"Hello, my name ees Lebkuchen Spice, and I vant to show you my coooooookies…."
"It looks like Animal and Miss Piggy had sex, and this was the spawn."
"Ex-squeamish me?!"
"With all due respect, if you’re forty three, then I’m a fetus."
"Because you know how a cow chews grass? And he or she chews and chews and chews? Well, green tea tastes like French-kissing that cow after it’s done chewing all that grass."

LMAO!
Lily is quirky and funny as hell! Props to her for giving it one more try after her epic, embarrassing debut to Dash. I loved her style and come on! I’m a sucker for animal lovers. My kind of girl… no doubt.

Favorite Lily lines:
"Do you speak Catalan? ‘No’ Lily responded. I said no in Catalan, but since the word sounds the same in English, Hermione didn’t notice."
"I had my two favorite dogs with me in the park – Lola and Dude, a little pug-Chi mix and a giant chocolate Lab. It’s true love between them. You can tell by how eagerly they sniff each other’s …."
“Okay!” Lilly screeched. “Let’s go upstairs! I love books about freaks.” Because I am one. You might be too. Let’s be freaks together?"
"Snap. Crackly. Dash yum. Ouch. Cursing – not so dashing."

Great book that’s a perfect read for the Christmas holidays! Don't make me dare you to read it... :P

4 Snowflakes

 As part of the festivities, WinterHaven Books is hosting an international give-away that will include a copy of Dash & Lily's Book of Dares (Signed by Levithan and Cohn) and a copy of Let it Snow (Authors Green, Johnson, and Myracle) for FOUR lucky winners. Good luck and happy holidays!

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