Dash and Lily's Book of Dares

Dash and Lily's Book of Dares is an adorable little book about a shy girl, living in Manhattan with nobody around for her Christmas holidays. So her older brother and his boyfriend find an incredibly creative way to set her up with a nice (if totally unknown) young man.

Chaos ensues.

And it is hilarious.

Now, this book has already been optioned for a movie and is set to be made in 2013, but that doesn't mean we can't dream about who we would love to see on the big screen.

First up in a fantasy cast is Lily. Lily is a sweet seventeen year old girl who is struggling to hold onto her childhood, but painfully realizing that she must grow up. She's the girl who loves to bake cookies for Christmas, wishes she could believe in Santa, thinks the best of everybody and shows up to a club wearing a sparkly dress, elf shoes and Christmas bauble earrings. She's adorable, and just the cutest little thing you ever did see. Somebody like Emily Osment:

Now for Dash. He's cute, well-read, sarcastic and willing to play this game of Lily's. He's also cynical and almost perpetually in self-preservation mode. He's cautious with his emotions, but does open up to Lily- and only Lily- as the story goes on. He's a keeper.

Here's the problem with Dash: He is Jess Mariano. And if you don't know who Jess Mariano is, I sentence you to go watch all seven seasons of the Gilmore Girls immediately. Any pop culture junkie worth their salt knows who Jess Mariano is, sheesh. In lieu of watching all one hundred fifty four episodes, you can go to this link and read the conversation that made me fall in love with Jess Mariano for good.

Milo Ventimiglia is obviously much too old to be seventeen anymore, but there are plenty of these type of guys wandering around Hollywood these days, so no worries. Somebody like Avan Jogia:

You can read my review of this book on Goodreads.