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Product Description New York Times bestselling authors Rachel Cohn and David Levithan are back together with a life-affirming holiday romance starring Dash and Lily. Just in time for the series release of Dash & Lily on Netflix! Dash and Lily have had a tough year since readers watched the couple fall in love in Dash & Lily's Book of Dares. Lily's beloved grandfather suffered a heart attack, and his difficult road to recovery has taken a major toll on her typically sunny disposition. Lily's spark has dimmed so much that Langston, her brother, has put aside his grudge against Dash to team up and remind Lily what there is to love about life. With only twelve days left until Christmas-Lily's favorite time of the year-Dash, Langston, and their friends take Manhattan by storm to help Lily recapture the holiday spirit of New York City in December, a time and place unlike anywhere else in the world. Told in alternating chapters, The Twelve Days of Dash & Lily is bound to be a Christmas favorite for seasons to come. "Cohn and Levithan write with verve and plenty of wry comedy. . . . Intriguing characters and splendid writing."-- Kirkus Reviews "Peppered with sharp banter and up-to-the-minute New York City references. . . . A full-fledged rom-com."-- Publishers Weekly "Hilarious and heartfelt . . . [captures] the emotions of teen love, along with the hilarity of young adult life."-- School Library Journal A Zoella Book Club Pick! Review "Cohn and Levithan write with verve and plenty of wry comedy…Intriguing characters and splendid writing.”— Kirkus Reviews "Peppered with sharp banter and up-to-the-minute New York City references...a full-fledged rom-com."— Publishers Weekly "Hilarious and heartfelt...[captures] the emotions of teen love, along with the hilarity of young adult life."— School Library Journal 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. Find her online at RachelCohn.com and @RachelCohn. DAVID LEVITHAN is a children’s book editor in New York City and the New York Times bestelling author of several books for young adults, including Boy Meets Boy; Will Grayson, Will Grayson (with John Green); Every Day; and Another Day. Follow him at DavidLevithan.com and @loversdiction. Rachel and David’s first three collaborations were Nick & Norah’s Infinite Playlist, Naomi and Ely’s No Kiss List, and Dash & Lily’s Book of Dares. Excerpt. © Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved. One DASH A Pear in a Partridge Tree Saturday, December 13th I had been dating Lily for almost a year, and no matter what I did, I couldn’t get her brother to like me, trust me, or think I was remotely good enough for his sister. So it was a shock when he told me he wanted to meet for lunch, just the two of us. Are you sure you have the right number? I texted back to him. Don’t be a dick. Just show up, he replied. The scary thing was, as much as I was trying to deny it, I knew why he wanted to meet, and what he wanted to talk about. He wasn’t right about me, but he was right that there was a problem. It had been a hard year. Not at the start. The start had me clutching for such plebeian terms as awesome! and super! Because Christmas and the new year brought me something other than the usual consumerism and post-consumerism depression. The start of this year brought me Lily—bright, believing Lily. She was enough to get me to give credence to the notion of a benevolent fat guy in a red suit and a turbo-jacked sled. She was enough to make me feel cheer when Father Time turned over the keys to a newborn and said, Here, drive this. She was enough to turn me a little cynical about my own cynicism. We started the year making out in the rare-book room of the Strand, our favorite bookstore. It appeared to be an augur of goo