From Buzzfeed writer and the author of the popular memoir Never Have I Ever, a hilariously and painfully relatable debut novel following an anonymous college romantic advice columnist on her misadventures in love and friendship.
Harriet, the author of her college newspaper's pseudonymous student advice column "Dear Emma," is great at telling others what to do, dispensing wisdom for the lovelorn and lonely on her Midwestern campus. Somehow, though, she can't take her own advice, especially after Keith, the guy she's dating, blows her off completely. When Harriet discovers that Keith has started seeing the beautiful and intimidating Remy, she wants to hate her. But she can't help warming to Remy, who soon writes to "Dear Emma" asking for romantic advice.
Now Harriet has the perfect opportunity to take revenge on the person who broke her heart. But as she begins to doubt her own motivations and presumably faultless guidance, she's forced to question how much she really knows about love, friendship and well-meaning advice.
When Harriet, college student and author of the anonymous student advice column Dear Emma, learns that her ex-boyfriend Keith is dating beautiful and brilliant Remy, the girl she's started sharing a library work-study shift with, she immediately decides they're enemies. But just as Harriet begins to warm to Remy, Remy writes to Harriet's advice column alter-ego asking for help with her new boyfriend. Against her better judgment, Harriet advises Remy to break up with him. Is it the right thing to do? No. Does it make her feel better? Yes. Yet, as Harriet observes the fall-out from her self-interested advice, she begins to wonder if it's worth losing Remy just to get back at Keith. Does Harriet have more to gain from a friendship with a girl than from a relationship with a guy?
