Mara Valentine has her senior year mapped out perfectly. She maintains straight A's, follows a strict vegan diet, and battles her womanizing ex-boyfriend for valedictorian while eyeing her acceptance to Yale. Her parents beam with pride at their controlled, achieving daughter. Then sixteen-year-old V arrives. Mara's niece smokes pot, sleeps around, and shatters every carefully laid plan. Suddenly Mara finds herself fantasizing about forbidden grilled cheese sandwiches and developing feelings for her boss. Her rigid world starts cracking as V's chaotic presence forces her to question everything she thought she wanted. The control freak discovers that losing control might be exactly what she needs to find herself.
Genres: fiction, contemporary, young-adult, family-drama
Vibes: emotional, intimate, thought-provoking
Tropes: fish-out-of-water, found-family
Paperback · Van Holkema & Warendorf