This βimportant and necessary book for our timeβ (Amber Smith,Β New York TimesΒ bestselling author ofΒ The Way I Used to Be) confronts the myth of the friendzone as a boy in love with his best friend feels heβs owed a chance at romanceβand sheβs the only one in their lives who disagrees.
For as long as anyone can remember, Zeke Ladoja and Imogen Parker have been best friends. Their classmates, their parents, and even the school custodian think that theyβre meant to be together. And thatβs exactly what Zeke wants: for Gen to be his girlfriend. Now that sheβs about to be sixteen (and allowed to date), Zeke is finally going to tell her how he feelsβin front of everyone at her birthday party.
Imogen loves Zeke with all her heart, but only as a friend. The pressure to be with Zeke has sometimes been overwhelming, but up to this point, sheβs been able to manage it. Then she falls for the new boy, Trevor Cook, and she knows the news will devastate Zeke. The last thing she wants to do is hurt her best friend, but she also resents the fact that no one seems to care about what she wants.
The night of Genβs party, everything goes wrong. Thereβs backlash, most of it directed at Gen, and Zeke feels emboldened. He isnβt about to give up on his feelings, and heβll do whatever it takes to prove that she made the wrong choiceβ¦even if it means destroying their friendship. But Gen isnβt about to give up on fighting for herself and the freedom to love the boy she wants, notΒ the boy sheβs expected to be with.
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