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Only mostly devastated

Sophie Gonzales

2019272 pagesabout 4–6 hours
2019
first published
  • 2019Perfection Learning Corporation · 304 pages · ENGISBN 9781663629418
  • 2020Wednesday BooksISBN 9781250315892
  • 2020St. Martin's Press · 272 pages · ENGISBN 9781250315908
  • 2020Hachette Children's Group · 368 pages · ENGISBN 9781444956481
  • 2021St. Martin's Press · ENGISBN 9781536480320
  • 2021Wednesday Books · 288 pagesISBN 9781250787439

Will Tavares is the dream summer fling—he’s fun, affectionate, kind—but just when Ollie thinks he’s found his Happily Ever After, summer vacation ends and Will stops texting Ollie back. Now Ollie is one prince short of his fairytale ending, and to complicate the fairytale further, a family emergency sees Ollie uprooted and enrolled at a new school across the country. Which he minds a little less when he realizes it’s the same school Will goes to…except Ollie finds that the sweet, comfortably queer guy he knew from summer isn’t the same one attending Collinswood High. This Will is a class clown, closeted—and, to be honest, a bit of a jerk. Ollie has no intention of pining after a guy who clearly isn’t ready for a relationship, especially since this new, bro-y jock version of Will seems to go from hot to cold every other week. But then Will starts “coincidentally” popping up in every area of Ollie’s life, from music class to the lunch table, and Ollie finds his resolve weakening. The last time he gave Will his heart, Will handed it back to him trampled and battered. Ollie would have to be an idiot to trust him with it again. Right? Right.

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Written forYoung adult
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