How Zoe Made Her Dreams (Mostly) Come True by Sarah Strohmeyer

Readers will follow along gladly to see whether Addie allows a little love into her life alongside her intellectual pursuits in this entertaining romance for geek lovers. Addie’s social quirkiness is endearing, as is her friends’ protective attitude and behavior toward her. Strohmeyer ( The Secrets of Lily Graves) has a great handle on Addie’s cerebral perspective, which is engaging and funny, along with her development of Kris as a repentant bad boy who likes Addie despite what turns out to be a complicated past between them. Addie, meanwhile, is so socially naïve that she doesn’t realize she’s experienced this exact thing with Kris. Though Addie considers herself immune to romance, she’s also working to prove a theory that any two people can fall in love if they undergo a trauma together. Seventeen-year-old Zoe and her cousin Jess eagerly start summer jobs at New Jerseys Fairyland theme park. Scientifically minded Addie sees the world through an extremely rational lens-think Temperance Brennan on Bones-even offering to kiss Kris as the plane flounders as a “medical intervention” (he’s about to pass out from hyperventilation). Sarah Strohmeyer is a bestselling and award-winning novelist whose books include The Secrets of Lily Graves, How Zoe Made Her Dreams (Mostly) Come True, Smart Girls Get What They Want, The Cinderella Pact (which became the Lifetime Original Movie Lying to Be Perfect), The Sleeping Beauty Proposal, The Secret Lives of Fortunate Wives, Sweet Love, and the Bubbles mystery series. Available in National Library (Singapore). Addie and Kris meet in a high-stress situation: their plane seems like it’s about to crash.

How Zoe Made Her Dreams (Mostly) Come True by Sarah Strohmeyer