William C. Morris Debut Award Finalist! From debut author Nina Kenwood comes a tender, funny, and compulsively readable novel about first love and its confusions, and all of the awkwardness of teen romance.
When her parents announce their impending divorce, Natalie can’t understand why no one is fighting, or at least mildly upset. Then Zach and Lucy, her two best friends, hook up, leaving her feeling slightly miffed and decidedly awkward. She’d always imagined she would end up with Zach one day―in the version of her life that played out like a TV show, with just the right amount of banter, pining, and meaningful looks. Now everything has changed, and nothing is quite making sense. Until an unexpected romance comes along and shakes things up even further.
It Sounded Better in My Head is a compulsively readable love letter to teenage romance in all of its awkward glory, perfect for fans To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before and Emergency Contact.
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Genre: #YA #Contemporary #Romance
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Publication date: #August2019 #2019year
Awards won: William C. Morris YA Debut Award Nominee (2021), Text Prize for YA and Children's Writing (2018), Australian Independent Booksellers Indie Book Award Nominee, Young Adult (2020)