The Girl Least Likely - Hardcover

by Katy Loutzenhiser (Author)

To All the Boys meets The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (with a dash of Dumplin') in this funny, romantic, and heartfelt coming of age story about a teen stand-up comic learning how to be her truest self, from the author of If You're Out There.

Gretchen has always been more of a "least likely" than a "most likely" kind of girl. So how does she somehow find herself living out every trope from her favorite rom-coms . . . ?

The Best Friend Crush: Why is it suddenly so hard to act normal around her childhood BFF, Samuel? Must be time for a--

Makeover(!): Black leather pants and some red lipstick are apparently enough to lend Gretchen the bravado to do an impromptu set at a comedy club and catch the eye of --

The Roguish Bad Boy: Jeremy, the alluring young comic who thinks her name is Sabrina. It might just be--

The Perfect Cover: A way for Gretchen to escape into her new funny-girl alter ego and figure out who she really is--and what she really wants. But as rom-coms have taught her, leading a double life can only last so long. . . .

"A rom-com with six extra helpings of riotous comedy, The Girl Least Likely has so many laughs your actual day will be brighter for reading it." --E. Lockhart, author of We Were Liars

• Friends to Lovers: She's been platonic with her best friend Samuel for years. So why is her heart doing backflips every time he enters the room?
• An Unexpected Love Triangle: Just when she's trying to figure things out with her BFF, a charming bad-boy comic named Jeremy enters the scene, complicating everything.
• A Hilarious Double Life: By day she's Gretchen, the quiet girl. By night, she's Sabrina, a bold and funny stand-up comic. Keeping her two worlds from colliding is getting harder every day.
• Finding Your Voice: A heartfelt and funny story about discovering who you are, what you want, and having the courage to go for it--both on stage and in life.