Leo recently got into the idea of romance, which used to be at the very bottom of her interest list next to working out, on the summer before her 3rd year in college. Ever since she was hooked, she'd read over 25 books that summer and even wrote essays and critiques on each tropes. Her friends were amused and couldn't wait for the school year to start. They even all agreed on the consensus that 3rd year would be the year Eleonore Sanchez gets laid-falls in love.
But before they could drag her to blind dates, clubs, and get togethers, Leo falls for the most cliche and beginner trope everyone on the planet knows, love at first sight. And it gets even better. It just had to be her university's golden boy Harry, who also happens to be the guy she shares afew classes with.
Now, everyone likes Harry. At some point, everyone falls in love with him, some even gets to date him but it all ends the same way... people get over him.
Leo's friends won't let her settle for the golden boy and get her fantasies crushed, not when it's her first time actually considering love.
Now let's see as Leo navigate through awkward blind dates, not so cute meet cutes, messy tropes, heart-fluttering coincidences, and bonding with a half- consumed tissue roll at 3am.
As Claire aims to leave her oppressive stepfamily behind, she befriends Zion. Will he be her ticket to freedom or a distraction in achieving her dreams?
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Claire Olsen has had a crush on Zion Petrakis since the first time she laid eyes on him, but he never noticed, instead only having eyes on the school's it girl, Maddie Jennings. Knowing she couldn't compete with Maddie, Claire hid her feelings for Zion, satisfied with admiring him from afar. However, when a series of events led Claire closer to Zion, her feelings for him grew from infatuation to love. And despite fighting hard to keep her feelings contained by distancing herself from Zion, he was determined to show her that he's earned a spot in her life.
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