Lynnie 
young adult, series
I ADORED Dash & Lily's Book of Dares. I
hated the second book, The Twelve Days of Dash & Lily so much I
didn't even finish it. But I took a risk on Rachel Cohn and David Levithan's latest entry into the Dash and Lily oeuvre, Mind the Gap, Dash & Lily, because I generally enjoy the books they write together and I still
have a fondness for those quirky kids from the first book. This book
falls solidly between the two previous books in the series. It goes back
to quirky characters, but never really recaptures the magic.
This book finds Dash and Lily still in love, but physically apart as Dash attends his dream school in Oxford and Lily takes a gap year to build her dog walking and Instagram business (I wish I was kidding). I still think Lily is constantly infantilized throughout the book and even in the way she's written; it's challenging to remember that she's over 18, which is probably why the character feels the need to remind us all the time that she is old enough to make decisions for herself.
It's clear this book was written in the hopes the the Netflix series would continue and need more material and, as I was reading it, I could see the filming locations and the scenes in my mind. Did Dash and Lily need this extra adventure? Probably not. But I'm glad it was written because I'm happier leaving their story here than I was after the last book.
This book finds Dash and Lily still in love, but physically apart as Dash attends his dream school in Oxford and Lily takes a gap year to build her dog walking and Instagram business (I wish I was kidding). I still think Lily is constantly infantilized throughout the book and even in the way she's written; it's challenging to remember that she's over 18, which is probably why the character feels the need to remind us all the time that she is old enough to make decisions for herself.
It's clear this book was written in the hopes the the Netflix series would continue and need more material and, as I was reading it, I could see the filming locations and the scenes in my mind. Did Dash and Lily need this extra adventure? Probably not. But I'm glad it was written because I'm happier leaving their story here than I was after the last book.
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