If I'm Being Honest

In this Mean Girls meets The Taming of the Shrew young adult romance, a queen bee learns that her tirade of being brutally honest is going to cost her if she doesn't start apologizing.

“This delightfully feminist rom-com has characters that feel like friends and will surely appeal to fans of Sarah Dessen.”—BuzzFeed

“Cameron may be a mean girl, but she’s also smart, self-aware and willing to do the hard work necessary to earn her happy ever after.”—NPR

Cameron Bright is gorgeous, popular, and—according to 99% of Beaumont Prep’s student body—a b*tch. That doesn’t bother Cameron, who knows how important it is to be honest. But when her crush, Andrew, sees Cameron’s cruelty up close, it’s a major turnoff, and suddenly Cameron’s consumed with winning him back. So she devises a plan: she’ll “tame” herself like Shakespeare’s illustrious shrew, Katherine, and make amends with everyone she’s wronged. If she can reverse her reputation as a mean girl, Andrew will have to take notice.

Cameron’s apology tour begins with Brendan Rosenfeld, the guy whose social life she singlehandedly destroyed in the sixth grade. But earning his forgiveness requires befriending the school’s geeky crowd—which isn’t as easy as it looks. Soon, though, Cameron begins to see that her new friends bring out the best in her, especially Brendan, who views her honesty as an asset. Now Cameron’s left wondering if maybe she doesn’t have to compromise who she is for the kind of love she deserves.