Romantics
Published on 1. November 2016
336 pages
978-1-61312-133-7 (ISBN)
Description
Perfect for fans of Lauren Myracle and Rainbow Rowell, The Romantics will charm readers of all ages. Gael Brennan is about to have his heart broken when his first big relationship crumbles on the heels of his parents' painful separation. Love intervenes with the intention of setting things right-but she doesn't anticipate the intrusion of her dreaded nemesis: the Rebound. Love's plans for Gael are sidetracked by Cara, Gael's hot-sauce-wielding "dream girl." The more Love meddles, the further Gael drifts from the one girl who can help him mend his heart. Soon Love starts breaking all her own rules-and in order to set Gael's fate back on course, she has to make some tough decisions about what it means to truly care.
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Leah Konen is the author of The Romantics, The After Girls, and The Last Time We Were Us. She lives in Brooklyn with her husband and her dog. Find out more at leahkonen.com.
Content
- Intro
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Dedication
- Love's notes
- throwback to the first "i love you"
- the second-worst day of gael's life
- a humiliating interlude in the guidance counselor's office
- the second-worst day of gael's life, continued
- throwback to the best day of gael's life
- la vie en woes
- in which i witness the unraveling of gael and mason's bromance
- sleepless in chapel hill
- eighteen candles
- love and the art of relationship maintenance
- this is what i meant about getting creative
- it (accidentally) happened one night
- how gael became a romantic
- missed french connection
- how to crush a crush (aka phase one)
- everyone's an advice columnist these days
- welcome to the friend zone: temporarily, at least
- phase two, explained
- mano a mason
- throwback to the first "i love you": mason edition
- of all the bedrooms in all the towns in all the world she had to walk into mine
- gael's evening search queries, in chronological order
- a house divided
- after-office hours
- friend-zone defense
- a peek into gael's future
- friend-zone defense, continued
- when cara met sammy
- meanwhile, on the other side of town
- team samgael
- around the world in three tram stops
- scenes from a north carolina zoo
- family dinner for three
- clueless
- intervention
- rom-coms, an education
- a brief peek into mason's world
- and the truth finally comes out
- true bromance
- missed wes connection
- clueless: part two
- what would wes anderson do?
- red light, green light
- cool hand fluke
- familial advice: dad edition
- how gael's parents actually met
- scream queen
- fifth period, third degree
- it wouldn't be a good love story without at least one scene in the rain
- gael's netflix queue, pre- and post-sammy
- scenes from a baltimore dorm room
- boys do cry
- the real worst day of gael's life
- night of the loving dead
- love and frisbee golf
- baltimore bound
- text therapy
- familial advice: mom edition
- scenes from a chapel hill high school hallway
- let's not even pretend to work on the chem lab, shall we?
- the pros and cons of dating gael, according to sammy's scratched-out list
- the kiss: part one
- one-track mind
- the kiss: part two
- to catch a thief
- the hitchhiker's guide to unc
- the girl next dorm
- how to lose a girl in ten minutes
- familial advice: piper edition
- rush hour
- r-d-eff you, part one
- sammy sutton unplugged
- r-d-eff you, part two
- an iphone miracle
- tsa pda
- a final note from Love
- acknowledgments
