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Always Halfway by liviajoy
Always Halfway
liviajoy
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It's down to the last four months of senior year and Anika is changing things up. Sick and tired feeling invisible, she asks her popular best friend to fake date for a month in order to get out there. What could possibly go wrong? started: 4.9.20
The Boyfriend App by phenomenalpen
The Boyfriend App
phenomenalpen
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*Wattys 2018 Winner / Hidden Gems* CREATE YOUR OWN MR. RIGHT Weeks before Valentine's, seventeen-year-old Kate Lapuz goes through her first ever breakup, but soon she stumbles upon a mysterious new app called My Dream Boyfriend, an AI chatbot that has the ability to understand human feelings. Casually, she participates in the app's trial run but finds herself immersed in the empathic conversations with her customizable virtual boyfriend, Ecto. In a society both connected and alienated by technology, Kate suspects an actual secret admirer is behind Ecto. Could it be the work of the techie student council president Dion or has Kate really found her soulmate in bits of computer code? She decides to get to the bottom of the cutting-edge app. Her search for Ecto's real identity leads Kate to prom, where absolute knowledge comes with a very steep price.
Unlikeliness by vercile
Unlikeliness
vercile
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Meli is frustrated with the idea that she's almost twenty-two and she hasn't moved out of her mom's house yet. The one obstacle standing in her way is getting a job. When she finally gets a job she meets Nuri an asian guy that doesn't seem to like the idea of talking. As she uncovers the secrets behind his absent words, he too uncovers the secrets Meli didn't even know she was hiding. Together they're taken to a place of Unlikeliness.