Never Always Sometimes

Name: Never Always Sometimes
Brand: Recorded Books
Availability: InStock
Author: Adi Alsaid
ISBN: 9781501901973

Author: Adi Alsaid

Narrator: Amanda Leigh Cobb

Unabridged: 8 hr 9 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 08/04/2015

Categories: Children's Fiction, Children's Love & Romance, Children's Social Themes

Synopsis

Never date your best friend Always be original Sometimes rules are meant to be broken Best friends Dave and Julia were determined to never be clichE high school kids-the ones who sit at the same lunch table every day, dissecting the drama from homeroom and plotting their campaigns for prom king and queen. They even wrote their own Never List of everything they vowed they'd never, ever do in high school. Some of the rules have been easy to follow, like #5, never die your hair a color of the rainbow, or #7, never hook up with a teacher. But Dave has a secret: he's broken rule #8, never pine silently after someone for the entirety of high school. It's either that or break rule #10, never date your best friend. Dave has loved Julia for as long as he can remember. Julia is beautiful, wild and impetuous. So when she suggests they do every Never on the list, Dave is happy to play along. He even dyes his hair an unfortunate shade of green. It starts as a joke, but then a funny thing happens: Dave and Julia discover that by skipping the clichEs, they've actually been missing out on high school. And maybe even on love.

About Adi Alsaid

Born and raised in Mexico City, Adi Alsaid is the author of several young adult novels including Let’s Get Lost, We Didn’t Ask for This, and North of Happy, a Kirkus Reviews Best Book nominee. He also wrote the middle grade books The Bravest Warrior in Nefaria and The Greatest Heist in Joviala and edited Come on In: 15 Stories about Immigration and Finding Home. He currently lives in Chicago with his wife and two cats, where he occasionally spills hot sauce on things (and cats).

Reviews

Goodreads review by Christine on September 09, 2015

3.4 stars! Was fun! Love the whole can boys and girls be best friends angle of it, but I had issues with some of the plot points and the lead characters felt a little cartoony and unrealistic at times.......more

Goodreads review by Emily May on June 29, 2015

Honestly? I finished this book a week ago and really can't find anything substantial to say about it. I'll try to articulate what makes this book so dull and forgettable. Never Always Sometimes is a wannabe John Green book. It tries to follow in JG's footsteps by creating overly quirky, intelligent c......more

Goodreads review by Aj the Ravenous Reader on May 27, 2019

I probably now understand why most Goodreaders rated this so low. It’s probably the last 25% of the book where the plot started to mess up but during the first good portion of the novel, I thought it was really good. It was very well written, smart, creative, funny and relatable. The plot started ou......more

Goodreads review by Bookaholic (reads every mortal thing) on September 10, 2015

Bleeeeeeeeeeeeh. Atleast I tried. (I kindasortamaybe forgot the name of the H/h, so...) This book was way too bland for my taste. The heroine was bland, the hero was bland and the plot was too dry for my tastes. It was really depressing how the hero didnt have any other real thought other than his fe......more

Goodreads review by Melanie on July 26, 2015

It's so hard to write about a book that broke your heart. I still think about it and I still feel my heart crushing. And it's a good sign because if I feel this way is because this book was done right. I don't know if Adi Alsaid did this on purpose, I don't think so, but he did such a great job with......more