Not Now, Not Ever: A Novel by Lily Anderson

Jennifer E. Smith meets The Fangirl's advisor to the Galaxy in Lily Anderson's Not Now, now not Ever, a deliciously nerdy better half to The simply factor Worse than Me Is You (one of Paste's most sensible YA Books of 2016)

Elliot Gabaroche is particularly transparent on what she isn't really going to do that summer season.

1. She isn't really going to stick domestic in Sacramento, the place she'd need to take a seat via her stepmother's 6th neighborhood theater construction of The significance of Being Earnest.
2. She isn't really going to mock trial camp at UCLA.
3. and he or she definitely is not going to the Air strength summer season application on her mom's base in Colorado Springs. As cool because it will be to live-action-role-play Ender's Game, Ellie's noticeable 3 generations of her kin struggle through USAF boot camp up shut, and she or he understands that it is less Luke/Yoda/"feel the force," and lots more and plenty extra 100 push-ups on 3 days of no sleep. And that is absolutely not attractive, irrespective of what number Xenomorphs from Alien she'd manage to defeat afterwards.

What she is going to do is close up her choice, her favourite Octavia Butler novels, and her Jordans, and visit summer season camp. particularly, a cutthroat academic-decathlon-like pageant for a whole scholarship to Rayevich university, the single university with a technological know-how Fiction Literature application. And she is going to commence over as Ever Lawrence, on her personal phrases, with no the shadow of all her family’s expectancies. simply because why do what’s anticipated of you if you happen to can struggle different genius nerds to the demise for a shot on the dream you’re definite your loved ones will examine an entire waste of time?

This summer's going to be great.