Call Your Boyfriend
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- $13.99
Publisher Description
She Gets the Girl meets Bottoms in this “thoroughly charming and entertaining” (Kirkus Reviews) young adult sapphic rom-com about two teens who want revenge on the flaky popular girl they’re both crushing on.
Cynical but sensitive Beau Carl is on a mission. She needs to know if ultra-popular Maia Moon—the girl she’s been secretly hooking up with for months—really has feelings for her. But when she shows up at the last big party of the year before prom, she sees Maia about to kiss someone else.
Sweet, inexperienced Charm Montgomery is the “someone else.” And she’s ecstatic that she’s been reading Maia’s flirty behavior in their tutoring sessions correctly. But when the kiss is interrupted and Maia accepts an elaborate promposal from her douchey, popular boyfriend just a few days later, both Charm and Beau end up heartbroken.
There’s only one thing for them to do—get her back. And the only way to do that is for Beau to tutor Charm on how she can get their former crush to fall for her so hard that Maia will dump her ex…and then get dumped for once.
As their plan starts working, Beau and Charm grow closer too, in a way neither expected. But are either of them ready to let go of their scheme to take a chance on something a little sweeter—and scarier—than revenge?
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Two high school seniors scheme against a heartbreaker classmate in this biting collaboration from Cole (Ariel Crashes a Train) and Woodfolk (Louder than Words). While makeup influencer Maia is "on a break" from her relationship with rugby captain Tatum, she secretly makes out with Beau, the drummer of a band on the verge of a big break. When Beau then sees Maia make a move on her tutor, Charm, before accepting Tatum's promposal, Beau recruits Charm to teach Maia that "she can't just play with people's hearts." Grumpy loner Beau instructs "cotton-candy human" Charm on how to win Maia's love with the end goal of dumping her at prom. Though their plan progresses smoothly, Beau and Charm each contend with drama at home. Beau's older sister and bandmate insists Beau prioritize college over music, while Charm navigates conflicting feelings about her absent parents reentering her life. The authors deploy classic rom-com tropes to present a flirty offering that features fully fleshed-out characters, low-stakes conflict, and witty banter. The protagonists are intersectionally diverse. Ages 14–up. Agents: (for Cole) Patrice Caldwell, Caldwell Agency; (for Woodfolk) Beth Phelan, Gallt & Zacker Literary.
