If You're Not the One
This funny, electric rom-com follows a teen struggling to reclaim her perfect life and the perfectly wrong guy who sees through her facade, from the acclaimed author of It All Comes Back to You.
Anisa Shirani is...well, perfect. A fact, not an opinion. Of course, it's all a front to feed her own praise-obsessed ego. Behind closed doors, she is--some might say--a little slobbish and snobbish, and she works obsessively to maintain her God-given talents. Fate has favored her, but Ani knows better than anyone that fate is made by effort.
But she must, especially when all signs point to her being a top-notch lawyer with a top-notch education and being destined to marry Isaac, total heartthrob and eldest son of the richest family in the community. A perfect girl deserves a perfect life, and Ani's perfect life is going exactly the way it should...
Until Ani's parents announce they're getting divorced.
Until Isaac shows all the signs of...cheating. Sort of.
Until she starts catching feelings for Marlow, an overly friendly weirdo she's hated since the moment she laid eyes on him in class.
How can fate be so wrong?
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Farah Naz Rishi (she/they) is a Pakistani American Muslim writer and voice actor, but in another life she's worked stints as a lawyer, a video game journalist, and an editorial assistant. She received her BA in English from Bryn Mawr College, her JD from Lewis & Clark Law School, and her love of weaving stories from the Odyssey Writing Workshop. When she's not writing, she's probably hanging out with video game characters. She is the author of I Hope You Get This Message and It All Comes Back to You. You can find her at home in Philadelphia or on Twitter/Instagram at @farahnazrishi.
This crossover coming-of-age book will take your breath away. Rishi balances comedy with serious issues easily; Anisa's charming narration guides the reader through all of it. Their swoon-worthy relationship will capture the hearts of readers, but it's Anisa's journey to vocalizing her needs that steals the show. Sympathetic and complicated characters make this one an instant reread. -- Booklist (starred review)
This is a slow-burn, friends-to-lovers romance with a fascinating protagonist learning to love herself and the bonus of a diverse, fully realized cast of characters: readers won't be able to put this one down. -- Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books
