First & Then

By Emma Mills

Categories: Literature & Fiction, Romance

First & Then is a young adult novel by Emma Mills, published in 2015. Devon Tennyson, a high school senior in a small Midwestern town, is content to watch life go by until her cousin Foster moves in and joins the football team. She is drawn into his world and into a growing connection with Ezra, the team's star player. The novel draws on Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice in a funny story about family and romance.

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• John Green: “Two recent books I really enjoyed: First & Then by Emma Mills AKA Elmify on YouTube which is funny and my kind of romance, and The Boy in the Black Suit by Jason Reynolds.”