Things Id Rather Do Than Die, Christine Hurley Deriso
Things Id Rather Do Than Die, Christine Hurley Deriso
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Things I'd Rather Do Than Die

Author: Christine Hurley Deriso

Narrator: Jeanette Illidge, James Dillon

Unabridged: 9 hr 25 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Scribd Audio

Published: 11/02/2021


Synopsis

Jade Fulton and Ethan Garrett are opposites in every sense of the word. Ethan is an all-American poster boy—a star athlete dating the most popular girl in school and a devout Christian. Jade keeps mostly to herself. She abhors joining “things,” hates everyone at their high school except her best friend, Gia, and considers herself agnostic.

When Ethan and Jade find themselves locked in an aerobics room overnight, their confinement forces them to push past the labels they’ve given each other. Jock. Loner. Jesus freak. Skeptic. Golden boy. Intellectual. Amid hours of arguing, philosophizing, and silly game playing, Ethan and Jade learn there's a lot more to the other person than meets the eye.

After that night, life returns to normal and each goes back to their regular lives. Still, neither one can shake the unexpected bond they formed and they can’t help but question what they’ve been taught to believe, who they want to be, and where their hearts truly lie.

Reviews

Goodreads review by jv on January 14, 2024

The senior year of high school often starts with an almost-desperate desire to get through, get out and get on with life. Students have been sorted into pseudo-boxes; cliques are closed and relationships seem cemented. Passing classes, prom dates and plans for after high-school are the parts everyon......more

Goodreads review by Kylie Amber on April 26, 2018

** I received an ARC from Netgalley and publisher Flux in exchange for an my honest review ** This novel starts out with Jade working overtime when Ethan asks for 20 minutes of a workout, and they end up getting robbed and locked in a room together. Of course that interested me right from the start......more

Goodreads review by Lara on August 25, 2018

Two people who barely know each other held at gunpoint and locked in a gym overnight: I was so excited! And it was really great, but it was essentially the only piece of plot in the entire book. So after all that great stuff, that was it. It was all downhill from there... But even though nothing was......more

Goodreads review by Emma on July 21, 2018

The ARC of this book was provided by the publisher via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. At first I couldn’t really get into the story, I didn't like all the religious talks they were having and I was afraid it would be the major plot of the book. I'm happy to say it was not and that the......more

Goodreads review by Alja on April 03, 2018

A lovely feel-good YA!......more