𝘽𝙤𝙮𝙨 𝙄 𝙆𝙣𝙤𝙬 By Anna Gracia
【學業與戀愛能不能兼顧？兩者兼失該怎麼辦】
美國台裔高中生 June 一直是那種「剛剛好」的女孩。剛剛好可以在書架上擺滿第三名的獎杯，並從她的生物課同學 Rhys 那裡偷走秘密之吻。但這不足以滿足她母親永無止境的期望，也不足以讓 Rhys 為他們的關係下任何定義。
雖然媽媽堅持要她追隨她完美學霸姐姐 Wendy 的腳步爭取小提琴獎學金，但 June 並不認為那麼努力有什麼意義－如果她注定會失敗。相反地，她決心投注在「愛情」上，集中精力讓自己與 Rhys 的關係突破友達成為戀人。但在她精心策劃、醉酒執行的計劃以核災程度慘敗後，她竟然與另一個才認識不久的男孩火速上壘。隨著性與愛之間的界線變得模糊，學業規劃的壓力也接踵而來，June 必須決定她將按照誰的準則過活—即使可能會讓她與母親的關係走向破裂。
June Chu has always been the “just good enough” girl. Good enough to line the shelves with third-place trophies and steal secret kisses from her AP Bio partner, Rhys. But not good enough to meet her mother’s unrelenting expectations, or get Rhys to commit.
While June’s mother insists she follow in her (perfect) sister’s footsteps and get a (full-ride) violin scholarship, June doesn’t see the point in trying too hard if she’s destined to fall short anyway. Instead, she focuses her efforts on making her relationship with Rhys “official.” But after her methodically planned, tipsily executed scheme explodes on the level of a nuclear disaster, she flings herself into a new relationship with a guy who’s not allergic to the word girlfriend.
As the line between sex and love blurs, and pressure to map out her entire future threatens to burst, June will have to decide on whose terms she’s going to live her life—even if it means fraying her relationship with her mother beyond repair.
