First published 2023
Imogen Scott considers herself the perfect ally. She attends every Pride Alliance meeting and knows queer media better than her own queer sister. When she visits her best friend Lili at college, Imogen discovers that Lili has told everyone they used to date. Lili's college friends have no idea that Imogen is straight. Imogen decides to play along with the lie to support her friend. She meets Lili's chaotic, freckled best friend Tessa and finds herself drawn to her in unexpected ways. As Imogen spends more time pretending to be queer, she begins questioning everything she thought she knew about her own sexuality. The fake relationship forces her to examine whether her identity was ever as fixed as she believed. Albertalli crafts a story about the complexity of sexual identity and the difference between supporting others and understanding yourself.
Genres: contemporary, contemporary-romance, new-adult
Vibes: emotional, intimate, thought-provoking
Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, fake-dating, found-family
Setting: College
Period: 21st-Century
432 pages · Hardcover · HarperCollins