Sweet and sentimental with a little snark on the side. Dash and Lily, which is based on a series of books by Rachel Cohn and David Levithan, starts with a really fun premise...Lily who has never had a boyfriend and isn't really in a situation to meet one as she goes to an all girls school doesn't go out and her idea of fun is playing cards with her grandfather and his friends, leaves a red notebook with a message and a series of clues including a dare next to her favorite book J. D. Salinger's Franny and Zooey in The Strand Bookstore in Manhattan. Enter Dash, another loner and persnickety book aficionado, who takes on the challenge presented in the red notebook. Then he proceeds to try and set a trap to get a glimpse of this illusive red notebook girl with his friend, Boomer. Boomer ends up meeting Lily, but plays along with her and doesn't tell Dash and thus begins their back and forth of dares, challenges and in general getting to know one another through experiences and the written word.
What is a romantic story without obstacles or challenges? Dash and Lily's come in the form of his ex-girlfriend and her childhood bully. This is filled with quintessential New York Christmas locales and lots of literary references.
It is a lighthearted fun teen holiday romance that is fun for the whole family.
What is a romantic story without obstacles or challenges? Dash and Lily's come in the form of his ex-girlfriend and her childhood bully. This is filled with quintessential New York Christmas locales and lots of literary references.
It is a lighthearted fun teen holiday romance that is fun for the whole family.