
So when you combine back-to-school melancholy with the literal hellscape that is being a high school senior-i.e., being asked “WHAT DO YOU PLAN TO DO WITH YOUR FUTURE?” six billion times per day-it’s a recipe for unprecedented misery and suffering. Going back to school after summer is, at the best of times, the absolute worst. This is a book about a sex scandal, did you really expect me to be a nun and/or the Virgin Mary?


When in doubt, always do the least amount of work possible, in order to preserve energy for important things like laughing and sex.ĭon’t look at me like that. Which is a big win for me because putting this together for you was practically no work on my part. All that hard work attempting to destroy the human race gone unnoticed.īut here it is, the unvarnished account of everything that went down my senior year, taken straight from the journal entries on my blog. My lopsided boobs have received more press attention than your average international epidemic, which I bet the supervirus population is furious about. May I recommend binge-watching some sort of medical drama for the level of secondhand devastation you’re looking for.Įither that or you saw the nudes, which, y’know. If you’re seeking a nice cathartic cry, I’m not your girl. I am not some pitiful Oliver-Twist-meets-Kim-Kardashian type figure. Look, you probably bought this book because you heard about how I’m an impoverished orphan at the heart of a national slut-shaming scandal, and you thought, Oh, great, this is just the kind of heart-wrenching tale I need to feel better about my own life, but seriously, you have to relax. Scroll down to start reading The Exact Opposite of Okay now! Readers, meet Izzy O’Neill! The Exact Opposite of Okay has a lot of important things to say, and Laura does so in such a hilarious and heartfelt manner. She refuses to let the labels and rude stares get to her-until the situation spirals into a national scandal. It follows a girl named Izzy who finds herself at the center of attention in terms of high school gossip after she’s caught in a compromising position with a politician’s son.

It’s called The Exact Opposite of Okay by Laura Steven, and it’s one you’re going to want to pick up immediately. Listen up, book nerds! The excerpt we’re revealing for you today is for one heck of a hilarious and powerful book.
