Even secondary characters are well-rounded, with their own histories and motivations. Autumn’s coming-of-age is sensitively chronicled, with a wide range of experiences and events shaping her character. But on August 8, everything changes, and Autumn has to rely on all her strength to move on. In the summer after graduation, Autumn and Finny reconnect and are finally ready to be more than friends.
Growing up, Autumn and Finny were like peas in a pod despite their differences: Autumn is “quirky and odd,” while Finny is “sweet and shy and everyone like him.” But in eighth grade, Autumn and Finny stop being friends due to an unexpected kiss. They drift apart and find new friends, but their friendship keeps asserting itself at parties, shared holiday gatherings and random encounters. The finely drawn characters capture readers’ attention in this debut.Īutumn and Phineas, nicknamed Finny, were born a week apart their mothers are still best friends. Readers will root for smart, talented Zora as she navigates the world of the rich her voice is humorous, and her imperfect family is believable.Ī light and entertaining tale that also addresses serious real-world topics. She agrees to give their relationship a try, and when he invites her to a major public event, Zora must pull together all her confidence to get through it.
Much is riding on Zora’s academic success in the program-benefits to both herself and her community-but she can’t help falling for the charming prince. In their first conversation, Owen owns up to his privilege, and he and Zora connect over the burdens they each feel to live up to external expectations despite the enormous differences between their backgrounds. A chance encounter in the library leads to a relationship with Owen, a white boy who, as it turns out, is a real, live prince of a small European country, complete with his own security detail.
She survives by texting her friend Skye real-time updates. Zora, a young, black community organizer, commutes from her New Jersey home to a pre-college summer program at a local Ivy League university where most of the students are so wealthy she feels like she’s in a different world. Zora’s summer goes from tolerable to unforgettable when an unlikely romance develops.
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