NewYorkTimesbestsellingauthorCarolineKepnes,whoseacclaimedYOUseriesinspiredthehitshowonNetflix,follows“addictivelycharmingantihero“(TheWashingtonPost)JoeGoldbergtothehallowedhallsofHarvard,whereheleavescrimsoninhiswake.“Twisted...delightfullycreepy.“--RollingStoneAPOPSUGARBESTBOOKOFTHEYEARJoeGoldbergisreadyforachange.Insteadofsellingbooks,he’swritingthem.Andhe’sofftoagoodstart.GlennShoddy,anacclaimedliteraryauthor,recognizesJoe’sgeniusandinviteshimtojoinatight-knitwritingfellowshipatHarvard.Finally,Joewillbeinaplacewheretalentmattersmorethanpedigree...whereintellectisthegreatequalizerandanythingispossible.Evenhappyendings.Orsohethinks,untilhemeetshisalready-published,already-distinguishedpeers,whoallseemtobecutfromthesameelitistcloth.Thankfully,WonderParishentersthepicture.Theyhavesomuchincommon.Nocollegedegrees,nopretensions,nostoriesfromprepschoolorgradschool.Justaloveforliterature.IfonlyWondercouldcommitherselftothewritinglife,theycouldbethoserareliterarysoulmateswhoneverfallpreytotheirdemons.Wonderhasatendencytolove,tocovet,butJoeisabelieverintheruleoffiction:Ifyouwanttowriteabook,youhavetokillyourdarlings.Withhertrademarksatirical,bitingwit,CarolineKepnesexploreswhyvulnerablepeoplebringouttheworstinothersasJoesetsouttomakethissmall,exclusiveworldafairerplace.AndifalittlecrimsonrunsinthestreetsofCambridge...whocanblamehim?Lovedoesn’tconquerall.Often,itneedsalittlepush.
