Not If You Break Up with Me First by G.F. Miller
Two friends who have unhappily found themselves in an accidental relationship try to drive the other one to call things off in this tongue-in-cheek middle grade romance.
Childhood friends Eve and Andrew are destined to be together— everyone says so, especially their friends and classmates who are all suddenly crush-obsessed. So when Eve and Andrew’s first eighth grade school dance rolls around and Eve, feeling the pressure, awkwardly asks Andrew to go with her, everyone assumes they are Officially Dating and Practically in Love. Overwhelmed, Eve and Andrew just…go with it.
And it’s weird. Neither of them wants this dating thing to mess up their friendship, and they don’t really see each other that way. But they also don’t want to be the one to call things off, the one to make things super awkward. So they both—separately—pledge to be the worst boyfriend or girlfriend ever, leaving it to the other person to break up with them. It would be genius…if the other person weren’t doing the exact same thing.
This was a cute middle grade book.
Andrew and Eve have been best friends forever. They’re going into 8th grade and Andrew missed the first week because of a vacation. He’s definitly changed a bit. Eve had been hanging out with her cross country team. But the two leave off just like they left it. They’re actually really cute together as friends. But Eve is pushed to ask Andrew to the upcoming dance. They become a couple and neither of them want that. Both start doing annoying things to get the other one to break up with them. That way they can be just friends again. There are a lot of pranks and some meanness. But it was fun reading all of it. I love reading local books too. I thought the author did great with how thirteen years are acting. It’s such a tough age for everyone.
I gave this book 4 stars.
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