Not If You Break Up with Me First

Name: Not If You Break Up with Me First
Brand: Simon & Schuster Audio
Availability: InStock
Author: G.F. Miller
ISBN: 9781797179308

Author: G.F. Miller

Narrator: Aden Hakimi, Caitlin Kelly

Unabridged: 5 hr 57 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio

Published: 06/04/2024

Categories: Children's Fiction, Children's Humor, Children's Love & Romance

Synopsis

Two friends who have unhappily found themselves accidentally dating try to drive the other one to call things off in this witty and heartfelt middle school 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.

About G.F. Miller

G. F. Miller absolutely insists on a happy ending. Everything else is negotiable. She is living her Happily Ever After with the love of her life, three kids, two puppies, and some chickens. She cries at random times. She makes faces at herself in the mirror. She believes in the Oxford comma. And she’s always here for a dance party.

Reviews

Goodreads review by G. on January 06, 2024

YAY!! FINALLY get to share this baby with you all on June 4, 2024! In the meantime, some exclusive VIP early reviews are in: "This book is better than The Hunger Games." - Mini-Me (age 13) (NOTE: The author does not share or condone this opinion. Nothing is better than THG.) "I love your author bio. [P......more

Goodreads review by Jennie on August 29, 2024

This is definitely geared toward middle school. I liked the main characters Eve and Andrew, but I thought the story about who was going to break up with who first got a little old after a while. I thought their pranks were childish, but they even said in one part of the book that they were only 13 y......more

Goodreads review by Alyssa on January 25, 2024

I had to read this for work and it was so adorable I couldn’t not review it! Wouldn’t change a thing. Loved it. Reminded me of being that age.......more

Goodreads review by c on December 31, 2023

Review copy courtesy of Aladdin through Edelweiss Read to evaluate for adding to my elementary library, but unfortunately the 8th grade age just does not fit for mine. However, I think this a great choice for a middle school library, and a very thoughtful meditation on girl/boy friendships and the pr......more

Goodreads review by Arjun on October 24, 2024

A great read, but not necessarily the best read. 4.5 stars......more

Quotes

"Hakimi and Kelly portray the triumphs, devastation, and adolescent awkwardness of Eve and Andrew effectively. In addition to voicing the two main characters, the narrators skillfully represent an array of unhelpful yet vociferous middle school friends with distinct personalities. A tumultuous sort-of-romance between middle schoolers with a satisfying resolution and wide appeal."