This rom-com debut has the fierce girl energy of the movie Booksmart, blended with the awkwardness of Kelly Quindlen?s Late to the Party, topped with a thrilling international meet-cute a la Love and Gelato.
Olivia Schwartz has a plan. It?s even color-coded.
And the plan is this: a perfect SAT score, a prestigious college, and a straight path towards her dream of becoming a doctor.
The last thing she wants to do?the summer before her senior year of high school, no less?is go on a cruise. Especially with her parents, younger brothers, and all the unspoken things between them since her older brother?s death so many years ago.
Then Olivia meets Sebastian. He?s everything she?s not: charming, exciting, willing to take risks and run with them. For the first time, Olivia feels like she can have fun...
But there?s a lot bubbling up under the surface on this cruise, and when past secrets begin to come to light, Olivia must face all the truths that she?s ignored for so long: about herself, Sebastian, her brother, the past she thought she understood, and the future she?s always planned.
