Shy foster kid Jonas and self-assured vlogger Shani met online, and so far, that's where their relationship has stayed, sharing memes and baring their souls from behind their screens. Shani is eager to finally meet up, but Jonas isn't so sure--he's not confident Shani will like the real him . . . if he's even sure who that is. Jonas knows he's trapped himself in a lie with Shani--and wants to dig himself out. But Shani, who's been burned before, may not give him a chance: she talks her best friend Ash into playing spy and finding out the truth. When Ash falls for Jonas, too, he keeps that news from Shani, and soon they're all keeping secrets. Will it matter that their hearts are in the right place? Coming clean will require them to figure out who they really are, which is no easy task when all the pieces of your identity go beyond easy boxes and labels. Lauded writer David Valdes offers a heartfelt, clever, and thought-provoking story about how we figure out who we want to be--online and IRL--for fans of David Levithan and Adam Silvera.

本作の真髄は、デジタルの「理想」と現実の「不完全さ」の乖離を、デヴィッド・ヴァルデスが鋭利に描き出した点にあります。誰もが抱く「本当の自分を晒す恐怖」を多層的な嘘を通して炙り出す筆致は鮮烈。単なる恋愛劇を超え、虚飾の裏にある震えるような魂の叫びを掬い取っています。 既存のラベルに収まらないアイデンティティの模索を肯定する本作は、嘘が皮肉にも真実を照らす鏡となる過程が圧巻です。ページをめくるたび溢れ出す若者たちの鼓動は、あなたの中の「名前のない自分」をも優しく肯定してくれるはず。言葉の力だけで読者の心を射抜く、魂の解放を描いた傑作です。