
Breaking rules leads to unexpected love and challenges for two best friends on the brink of graduation.
Best friends Dave and Julia have avoided high school clichés with their Never List. But as graduation nears, Julia wants to break every rule, including never dating your best friend. Dave's secret? He's already broken the rule about pining silently. As they tackle their list, they discover that avoiding clichés might have kept them from truly experiencing high school—and each other. Will their friendship survive the ultimate test, or will it transform into something more? Dive into a tale of friendship, love, and the unexpected twists of breaking the rules.
“Utterly charming and thoughtful.” –Nicola Yoon, the New York Times bestselling author of Everything, Everything and The Sun is Also a Star “A refreshing novel about friendship and romance that defies cliché, Never Always Sometimes will win readers over with its hilarious musings and universal truths.” -Adam Silvera, the New York Times bestselling author of They Both Die at the End and What If It’s Us Rule #10: Never date your best friend. Well, some rules are meant to be broken. Best friends Dave and Julia have spent their high school years living by their carefully crafted Never List – a list of rules they created to make sure they never become high school clichés. But as graduation approaches, Dave is shocked when Julia decides that they should now do everything on the list, from skinny dipping (Rule #6) to road-tripping (Rule #9). But what happens when Julia finds out that Dave has been breaking Rule #8 (never pine silently for someone for the entirety of high school) for years? Can their friendship survive the ultimate cliché and turn into something…more? From the acclaimed author of Let’s Get Lost and North of Happy, comes a story of what can happen in those final days of high school, when you let go of who you are and take a chance on who you might be.
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