Less than a year away from graduation, seventeen-year-old Joy is too busy overachieving to be worried about relationships. She’s determined to be Caldwell Prep’s first disabled valedictorian. And she only has one person to beat, her academic rival Nathaniel. But it’s senior year and everyone seems to be obsessed with pairing up. One of her best friends may be developing feelings for her and the other uses Caldwell’s anonymous love-letter writer to snag the girl of her dreams. Joy starts to wonder if she has missed out on a quintessential high school experience. She is asexual, but that’s no reason she can’t experience… Read more.
Trigger and Content Warnings
- Acephobia including mentions of a teenager being disowned by queerphobic parents
- Forced outing & coming out themes
- Sexual assault (nonconsensual kiss)
- Parental divorce discussed
- Asthma attack
- Mentions of fertility & premature labour