about the book
When his procrastination lands him in a difficult class with his least favorite professor, Henry Turner knows heโs going to have to work extra hard to survive his junior year of college. And now with his new title of captain for the hockey teamโwhich he didnโt even wantโHenry absolutely cannot fail. Enter Halle Jacobs, a fellow junior who finds herself befriended by Henry when he accidentally crashes her book club.
Halle may not have the romantic pursuits of her favorite fictional leads, but sheโs an academic superstar, and as soon as she hears about Henryโs problems with his class reading material, she offers to help. Too bad being a private tutor isnโt exactly ideal given her own studies, job, book club, and the novel sheโs trying to write. But new experiences are the key to beating her writerโs block, and Henryโs promising to be the one to give them to her.
They just need to stick to their rule book.
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Family pressure (shown through the eyes of an eldest daughter)
Anxiety
Social/academic pressures, and internalized pressures related to neurodivergence (undiagnosed)
Sexual content (consensual)
Alcohol use
Drug use (not main characters)
Drink spiking (not main characters)
Discussions about being pressured sexually
Mention of Black women being disproportionately impacted by medical negligence
Discussions about birth control
Physical altercation (not between main characters)
Explicit language
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