THE BEST LAID PLANS

available for purchase now!

High school senior Keely Collins takes on firsts, lasts, and everything in between in this sweet, sex-positive rom-com for fans of Meg Cabot and Jenny Han.

 “Realistic, funny, and honest.” —Huntley Fitzpatrick, author of My Life Next Door

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“Fresh-voiced and heartfelt, this debut pairs irresistible friends-to-lovers tension with vital questions of first love. It’s a witty, welcome entry in the rom-com resurgence.” —Emily Wibberley and Austin Siegemund-Broka, authors of Always Never Yours

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“A laugh-out-loud, sex-positive story about love, lust, and complicated female friendship. Keely's voice is spot-on and her trials and tribulations are funny and relatable to anyone who's ever been a senior in high school.” —Liz Lawson, author of The Lucky Ones

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“An authentic, hilarious, and heartwarming debut. The Best Laid Plans is the pitch-perfect rom-com you've been waiting for!” —Kass Morgan, New York Times best-selling author of The 100 series

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“Filled to the brim with heart, The Best Laid Plans is a raunchy and hilarious quest to get it on--and all the high jinks along the way. ” —Ashley Poston, author of Geekerella

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“This heartwarming, funny novel will resonate with anyone struggling under the weight of societal pressures.  ” —School Library Journal

Foreign Editions

Out now in France!

Coming to Germany 8/28/20 

THE BEST LAID PLANS Book Club Questions:

**spoilers ahead!**

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  1. Who was your favorite character? Which character did you relate to the most?                                            

  2. Did you relate to Keely’s anxieties about feeling less experienced than her friends?                                      

  3. Did Keely make the right choice in asking Andrew for help? How else could she have confronted her issues?                                                                                                                                                                  

  4. What was your favorite part of the book?                                                                                                          

  5. What was your favorite moment between Keely and Andrew? When did you first begin to suspect he had feelings for Keely?                                                                                                                                                

  6. In the culture at Keely’s high school, the concept of being a virgin is seen as “embarrassing,” but this is not the case everywhere. Is this similar or different to your own experience? What are the reasons that could have made Keely feel this way? Do you agree or disagree with this idea?                                              

  7. What were your thoughts on James Dean? Did your opinion of him change throughout the story?               

  8. At one point, Danielle tells Keely: “If you tell him you’re a virgin, it could only go two ways: he’ll be weirded out and lose interest, or he’ll take your virginity and never speak to you again.” Do you think this is true or untrue? How do you think James Dean would have reacted if Keely had told him the truth in the beginning?                                                                                                                                                 

  9. THE BEST LAID PLANS references the double standards and slut-shaming girls face in regards to sex. What has been your experience with these issues? How as women can we confront them?                          

  10. In THE BEST LAID PLANS, a lot of the slut-shaming is carried out by girls against other girls. How is this problematic? Does this feel realistic to your experience?                                                                                 

  11. What were your thoughts on Danielle and Ava’s friendship?                                                                            

  12. THE BEST LAID PLANS talks about the pressures boys face in regards to sex. How do these pressures differ from those faced by girls?                                                                                                                          

  13. A core thread of the book is the idea that “it’s not a race.” What do you think this means? Do you agree?   

  14. In the end of the story, Hannah gets back together with Charlie. How did this make you feel?                      

  15. “It’s just so high school isn’t it?...Pretending to like the people we hang out with. Hanging out with people we don’t like because we’re supposed to.” What are your thoughts on this quote?                              

  16. “I think maybe we’re meanest to the people we love the most because we want to believe they’ll love us no matter what.” Is this true? Do you relate to this?                                                                                         

  17. “Being a virgin in college is like having a disease.” How is this statement problematic?                                

  18. At one point, Jason Ryder touches Ava in a way that all the characters know is problematic and no one reacts. Why do you think this is?                                                                                                                        

  19. “It turns out losing your virginity is kind of like having a birthday. No one can tell just by looking at you if you’re seventeen or eighteen, if you’ve slept with one person or ten or no one at all.” Do you agree with this statement? Do you think virginity is a construct?                                                                                      

  20. How does setting play into the story? Do you think living in a small town had any effect on Keely’s thought process? 

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