Mind the Gap, Dash & Lily

Rachel Cohn · David Levithan

Nov 2020 · Sold by Knopf Books for Young Readers

About this eBook

For Dash and Lily, it's beginning to look a lot like...distance! Just in time for the series release of Dash & Lily on Netflix comes a new helping of love--this time across the pond as best-selling authors Rachel Cohn and David Levithan send Dash and Lily to England.

Dash and Lily were feeling closer than ever...it's just too bad they're now an ocean apart. After Dash gets accepted to Oxford University and Lily stays in New York to take care of her dogwalking business, the devoted couple are struggling to make a long distance relationship work. And when Dash breaks the news that he won't be coming home for Christmas, Lily makes a decision: if Dash can't come to her, she'll join him in London. It's a perfect romantic gesture...that spins out of Lily's control. Soon Dash and Lily are feeling more of a gap between them, even though they're in the same city. Will London bring them together again--or will it be their undoing?

Ratings and reviews

I came to read the books after Netflix cancelled Dash & Lily (still upset about this!). The books are a tad different but still carry Lily's love for Christmas and Dash's dislike for it. This book is all about Dash and Lily realizing and coming to terms with what they want for their futures. I have to say that I did not expect Lily to pursue the career she does in this book. I was also frustrated by the interaction between Dash and Lily's in the beginning but it makes sense if you consider how long they have been apart. I found the book get boring around the middle, the authors added a lot of new characters and situations that in my opinion did nothing to serve the story. As you can probably tell I didn't particularly like the new character, even gran got on my nerves a few time. Overall the book was okay. I felt it lacked the magic Midori and Austin brought to the characters. I don't think I'll read this again

It is something close to the heart! Thank you David and Rachel! We're done with the e-book and will buy the hard copy once it's available here in the Philippines to complete our collection. ♡♡♡

About the author

Rachel Cohn is the author of critically acclaimed YA novels Very LeFreak, You Know Where to Find Me, Cupcake, Shrimp, Gingerbread, and Beta. A graduate of Barnard College, she lives and writes in Los Angeles.

When not writing during spare hours on weekends, David Levithan is editorial director at Scholastic and the founding editor of the PUSH imprint, which is devoted to finding new voices and new authors in teen literature. His acclaimed novels Boy Meets Boy and The Realm of Possibility started as stories he wrote for his friends for Valentine's Day (something he's done for the past 22 years and counting) that turned themselves into teen novels. He's often asked if the book is a work of fantasy or a work of reality, and the answer is right down the middle—it's about where we're going, and where we should be.