


What starts as an awkward car ride to school soon becomes much more as Winnie realizes her feelings for Mat are more complex than she once believed, and Mat makes a startling revelation about his feelings for Winnie. Mat’s father ups the ante for his reluctant son: For every date Mat and Winnie complete, he’ll add a day to Mat’s post-graduation solo backpacking trip through Asia. And it won’t be Winnie’s crush Taran, the new guy in school who also happens to be Thai, but Winnie’s former best friend, Mat Songsomboon, who’s been Winnie’s sworn enemy since an epic falling-out in junior high. First, Winnie’s mom will dictate the dates’ locations, each of which will pay tribute to beloved rom-coms, like Always Be My Maybeand When Harry Met Sally. Winnie is now allowed to date, but it’s not quite that simple. Fearing the same fate for their youngest daughter, Winnie’s parents change the rules.

Her parents don’t allow her to date, a rule that started with her beloved older sisters, Ari and Bunny, now in college several hours away and happily independent with no thoughts of settling down, much to Mom’s dismay. Orrawin “Winnie” Techavachara is entering her final semester of high school in the Chicago suburbs without a boyfriend. In this YA romantic comedy, a Thai American teen from a tightknit family starts dating-on her parents’ terms.
