School is back in session, and if you haven’t read Love, Off the Record yet now is the perfect time! This college YA rom-com is absolute perfection. Not only is it my favorite book of the year, it’s my favorite YA romance. Of like ever.
Rivals to lovers is my fave trope, and this book is exactly why. The banter is absolute perfection—just look at these quotes! I could not get enough of Wyn and Three’s quick wit and chemistry.
I haven’t been able to stop thinking of this book since I read it back in February! There’s so much more I could say—like about the investigative journalism or first year of college feels or Wyn finding her place with her friends or the fat rep—but I’ll just end here by saying GO PICK UP THIS BOOK. I already can’t wait until I reread it!
About Love, Off the Record
Release Date: June 11, 2024
Find it: Goodreads, Bookshop, Barnes & Noble, Amazon
The Hating Game meets Alex, Approximately in this smart, chemistry-filled teen rom-com about two rival journalism students competing for the same position on their university newspaper.
Wyn is going to beat Three even if it kills her—or, preferably, him. Being freshmen staffers on the university newspaper puts them at the bottom of the pecking order—until a rare reporter spot opens up. Wyn and Three are both determined to get the position, starting a game of sabotage that pushes them to do their worst, from stealing each other’s ideas to playing twisted mind games. No road is too low when it comes to winning.
As Wyn’s search for the perfect story leads her to an anonymous, campus-wide dating app, she hits it off with a mystery man she thinks might be the cute RA from her dorm. But Wyn is all too familiar with being rejected because of her weight, and she’s hesitant to reveal her identity, even as she grows closer with someone who might be the guy of her dreams.
When Three breaks a story that’s closer to home than he or Wyn expects, the two must put aside their differences to expose the truth—and face their real feelings for each other, which threaten everything Wyn has built with her anonymous match.
About Samantha Markum
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Samantha Markum was born and raised in St. Louis, Missouri, where she got her great literary start writing Newsies fan fiction in middle school. When she’s not writing, she can be found playing cozy video games, attempting to revive her half-dead house plants, and getting in bed before sunset. When she is writing, you can find her staring at the wall in search of inspiration. She is the USA Today bestselling author of Love, Off the Record, This May End Badly, and You Wouldn’t Dare.
