||AMBY'S FAVORITE 2024|| (Editor's Choice July 2022) [LGBTQ+ Teen Fiction] High school junior, Callie Washington, is currently in a dilemma. Attending an all-girls, Catholic high school means most of her peers are focused on college, SATs, and the nearby boys at their brother school, Holy Spirit. But since the start of the school year, Callie can't forget the silky hair and gleaming brown eyes of her former Chemistry partner, Isabella Sandoval. After escaping from her Homecoming date one October evening, Callie runs into Aurora Gray, a smart, charismatic senior, who seems to be having as rough of an evening as Callie. After realizing they are in the same Calculus class, Aurora begins to shift Callie's life in ways she cannot comprehend. Deep down, Callie knows she must confront the thing inside her that is troubling her deeply, but what hurdles will she have to face to get there?
(Published: 2020)
Isabella Wilder is the epitome of clueless.
From getting disgusted stares from her classmates to having her own best friend blatantly flirt with her, she is unaware of all of it.
The brunette's main focus is on setting a good example for her younger sister, it has been for awhile now.
Lynnex Williams is mentally traumatized.
For years her parents have abused her not only emotionally but mentally, her best friend being her only source of happiness.
Lynnex and Isabella have been best friends since their first day of Middle School when the two of them shared a sandwich together at lunchtime.
Unfortunately after knowing someone for that long you're bound to catch feelings, especially if you're as close as they are.
Will Isabella reciprocate Lynnex's feelings for her or will she prove Lynnex's homophobic parents right?
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This book is apart of the 'Wilder Series' but can be read as a stand alone.