First & Then
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4.5 • 67 Ratings
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- $9.99
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- $9.99
Publisher Description
Recommended in John Green's Book Giving Guide for the Holidays 2015
Devon Tennyson wouldn't change a thing. She's happy silently crushing on best friend Cas, and blissfully ignoring the future after high school. But the universe has other plans. It delivers Devon's cousin Foster, an unrepentant social outlier with a surprising talent, and the obnoxiously superior and maddeningly attractive jock, Ezra, right where she doesn't want them--first into her P.E. class and then into every other aspect of her life.
With wit, heart, and humor to spare, First & Then is a contemporary novel about falling in love--with the unexpected boy, with a new brother, and with yourself.
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Devon is an only child until her cousin Foster unexpectedly moves in with her family. Now Devon has a misfit younger "brother" to keep an eye on as he navigates his first year of high school, even as she struggles with an unrequited crush on her best friend Cas and not quite knowing what she wants to do with her life. In her first novel, Mills takes inspiration from Jane Austen for both romantic and family dynamics; Devon's developing rapport with geeky and awkward Foster, as well as his role in bringing Darcy-esque football captain Ezra into Devon's life, is not only fun, but a rewarding portrait of a nontraditional sibling relationship. The unlikely catalyst of football in Foster's and Devon's worlds and the popularity and crowd that go with the sport add a fresh backdrop to typical Austen themes of social standing and self-awareness. Readers will root both for Foster (as his school's new varsity kicker) and for Devon and Ezra to discover their worthiness for the other in this satisfying romance. Ages 14 up.
Customer Reviews
This is Awesome 😍😍😍
This is actually the second English book that I finished and I JUST LOVED it 😍😍😍 it was so good and somehow i felt so related to the girl in the story “ Devon”
👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾
Such a captivating story. A must read!!!
Great first novel!
I loved this first book by Emma Mills, aka Elmify, and can't wait to see what she will do in the future. Just as funny and engaging as her YouTube videos!