Not Now, Not Ever

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The sequel to The Only Thing Worse than Me Is You, inspired by The Importance of Being Earnest.Elliot Gabaroche is very clear on what she isn t going to do this summer 1 She isn t going to stay home in Sacramento, where she d have to sit through her stepmother s sixth community theater production of The Importance of Being Earnest.2 She isn t going to mock trial camp at UCLA.3 And she certainly isn t going to the Air Force summer program on her mother s base in Colorado Springs As cool as it would be to live action role play Ender s Game, Ellie s seen three generations of her family go through USAF boot camp up close, and she knows that it s much less Luke Yoda feel the force, and much one hundred push ups on three days of no sleep And that just isn t appealing, no matter how many Xenomorphs from Alien she d be able to defeat afterwards.What she is going to do is pack up her attitude, her favorite Octavia Butler novels, and her Jordans, and go to summer camp Specifically, a cutthroat academic decathlon like competition for a full scholarship to Rayevich College, the only college with a Science Fiction Literature program And she s going to start over as Ever Lawrence, on her own terms, without the shadow of all her family s expectations Because why do what s expected of you when you can fight other genius nerds to the death for a shot at the dream you re sure your family will consider a complete waste of time This summer s going to be great. Read Not Now, Not Ever author Lily Anderson – kino-fada.fr This YA novel with a romantic thread is every bit as wonderful as the author s previous This one features protagonists mostly seventeen, the summer before senior year of high school Elliott has sneakily signed up for a summer camp for smart nerds, given at a college that has a famous science fiction section Her mother expects her to stay with family tradition and go into the military her step mother and lawyer father are horrified at the idea and want her to stay close So she runs away This YA novel with a romantic thread is every bit as wonderful as the author s previous This one features protagonists mostly seventeen, the summer before senior year of high school Elliott has sneakily signed up for a summer camp for smart nerds, given at a college that has a famous science fiction section Her mother expects her to stay with family tradition and go into the military her step mother and lawyer father are horrified at the idea and want her to stay close So she runs awayto summer camp for smart kids, and changes her name to Ever Lawrence But she discovers to her horror that her incredibly annoying cousin Isaiah, who is not even sixteen, also got in The two of them pretend to b...Not Now, Not Ever read at times like sort of a nerd Hunger Games, as a bunch of competitive, gifted kids compete for a college scholarship in the intense and hilarious way that only nerdy kids can As a former Academic Decathlon participant, I m not embarrassed to admit that I know a tiny bit about intense nerdy competitions Though I AM embarrassed to admit that I was the Literature specialist in Academic Decathlon and I don t remember one single thing about The Importance of Being Earnest wh Not Now, Not Ever read at times like sort of a nerd Hunger Games, as a bunch of competitive, gifted kids compete for a college scholarship in the inte...I didn t even read the synopsis for this book Between that cover and Lily s name attached to it, I was sold I love love loved Elliot Her inner monologue is snarky and fantastic She s smart and strong and truly delightful I don t even know what to say about the adorable ness that is fluent in French Brandon and I m ab...4.5 StarsI was ready to be comfortably in the middle of a story instead of running toward the end I was done trying to outpace myselfThis was such a fun book There was drama and laughs and lots of fantastic banter everything you could want from an Wildean inspired tale Not Now, Not Ever follows Elliot Lawrence Gabaroch as she reinvents herself as Ever Lawrence, and sneaks away to a genius camp for a chance to win a scholarship to her dream school Ever s love of scienec fiction writi 4.5 StarsI was ready to be comfortably in the middle of a story instead of running toward the end I was done trying to outpace myselfThis was such a fun book There was dram... Thank you, St Martin s Press, for my ARC of Not Now, Not Ever I received this ARC in exchange for an honest review this does not affect my opinion Any quotes mentioned below are taken from the ARC and are subject to change upon publication.I have fallen in love with Not Now, Not Ever by Lily Anderson This book is funny, adorable, and perfect for anyone interested in a...Rating 4.5 StarsThis was so much fun I loved Elliot Ever and her band of nerdy geniuses, and THAT s how you do an ending This was one of my Can t Wait Wednesday picks, and I must say, I had chosen well, because this was such a fun and delightful read The synopsis does say this is a sequel, but my understanding is it sof a companion There are characters featured from Anderson s last book, which I am definitely going to read, but I did not feel out of the loop reading this book, without Rating 4.5 StarsThis was so much fun I loved Elliot Ever and her band of nerdy geniuses, and THAT s how you do an ending This was one of my Can t Wait Wednesday picks, and I must say, I had chosen well, because this was such a fun and delightful read The synopsis does say this is a sequel, but my understanding is it sof a companion There are characters featured from Anderson s last book, which I am definitely going to read, but I did not feel out of the loop reading this book, without having read The Only Thing Worse Than Me Is You but I am going to buy it There are so many things to love, and here s my short list This is a great twist on The Importance of Being Earnest Like Jack, Elliot had a lot of responsibilities She had to forgo her own activities to babysit her younger bother and volunteer at...So fun and cute I love that Anderson has totally made Nerdy Rom Coms Based on Classics her skillful niche Really liked the military angle to Ever s background, too, as well as the family and racial dynamics Also, calling it now that Ever will realize she s bi in college.NOT NOW, NOT EVER was. not what I was expecting I had completely forgotten this was a sorta sequel, definite companion, to THE ONLY THING WORSE THAN ME IS YOU So seeing some familiar faces a few years on from Anderson s debut was a total delight and I loved all of them so much I loved the concept of this genius camp that had an almost HUNGER GAMES style competition, but nerdy and sans death I loved all the characters seriously, all of them, that almost never happens that made up Elliot s NOT NOW, NOT EVER was. not what I was expecting I had completely forgotten this was a sorta sequel, definite companion, to THE ONLY THING WORSE THAN ME IS YOU So seeing some familiar faces a few years on from Anderson s debut was a total delight and I loved all of them so much I loved...While it took sometime for me to get into the story, it ended up becoming something that I wasn t expecting fun and hilarious Probably the best contemporary I ve read this year The only thing that s lacking is a Quidditch matchFull review now pos... Thank you to Netgalley and St Martin s Press for the egalley All opinions are my own.Lily Anderson wrote a nerdy contemporary YA and it was the best thing in the world Now I know I have to read the one before this one because the ship and various characters appear in this book but OLDER So they re in the age of NA and that makes me want to scream so I want to read it because I just know I ll love it a lot I also loved this one a lot obviously stares at rating I m...

Not Now, Not Ever
  • English
  • 04 October 2017
  • Hardcover
  • 320 pages
  • 1250142105
  • Lily Anderson
  • Not Now, Not Ever