When new boy Jamie, a Californian transplanted to Texas, strolls into the high school cafeteria, Cara immediately falls for him, and when their eyes meet, he also feels their instant connection. Over the span of the school year, the two lovebirds experience classic high school romance milestones, from meeting each other’s parents and attending a party with underage drinking to navigating friendship drama. Throughout it all, Cara and Jamie learn how to navigate their relationship. The story opens with the dramatic moment when a young woman, whom readers will quickly recognize is Cara, frantically calls 911 and tells the dispatcher that although she did not realize she was pregnant, she has just given birth to a baby boy at home alone. The narrative then moves back in time seven months, to that fateful day in the cafeteria, with the storyline unfolding in alternating first-person narration from Cara and Jamie. Combining lighter teen romance moments, such as stolen kisses by a locker, with heavier content around the pregnancy and its attendant fallout, the novel highlights different family dynamics that readers may resonate with, but depth is undermined by a lack of subtlety in the way characters’ innermost thoughts and feelings are continually explicitly spelled out. While sincere and earnest, the writing is unpolished and the dialogue awkward. Main characters default to White; there is some racial diversity in the supporting cast.