by Tim Tharp
First published 2014
Sutter Keely calls himself the king of parties, and he means it. His girlfriend Cassidy is about to dump him. His best friend wants to abandon their life of unlimited fun. His mother and sister pressure him to become another zombie worker. His father remains a mystery he's not sure he wants to solve. Most people would crack under this pressure during senior year. Not Sutter. He meets Aimee after she finds him sleeping off a hangover on her lawn. She's a social disaster, but she sees depth in the Sutterman that others miss. Everyone else can chase their bright futures. Sutter prefers watching his whiskey bottle empty while he confronts the heart of his spectacular now.
Genres: fiction, coming-of-age, contemporary, adolescence, 21st-century, contemporary-romance
Vibes: emotional, intimate, thought-provoking
Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, found-family
400 pages · Paperback · Alfaguara
Content warnings: alcohol-abuse, substance-abuse