I Never

Janey King’s priorities used to be clear: track, school, friends, and family. But when seventeen-year-old Janey learns that her seemingly happy parents are getting divorced, her world starts to shift. Back at school, Luke Hallstrom, an adorable senior, pursues Janey, and she realizes that she has two new priorities to consider: love and sex.

Inspired by Judy Blume’s classic Forever, I Never features a perfect, delicious, almost-to-good-to-be-true high school relationship . . . and it doesn’t shy away from the details. Destined to be passed from teen to teen, this is a young adult debut that will get readers talking.  

She’s navigating the fallout of her parents’ divorce while falling in love for the very first time.

First Love: Seventeen-year-old Janey has never been in a real relationship. When popular senior Luke Hallstrom starts pursuing her, she has to figure out what she truly wants. Navigating Divorce: Just as her own love story begins, her parents’ marriage ends. Janey is caught in the middle, trying to make sense of a family that’s falling apart. An Honest First Time Experience: Inspired by Judy Blume’s classic, this novel doesn’t shy away from the emotional and physical details of first love, first times, and finding yourself. Friendship Drama: As Janey’s priorities shift to her new relationship, her lifelong friendships are tested by jealousy and secrets.