Excuse Me While I Ugly Cry by Joya Goffney

Excuse Me While I Ugly Cry

Joya Goffney

HarperCollins · Print & ebook · February 1, 2022

A Romance pick for readers exploring Excuse Me While I Ugly Cry.

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Who it’s for
A steady, intimate read with the same emotional lane and romance-forward pull.
Genres
Contemporary YA Romance, African American YA, Coming of Age
Published
HarperCollins, February 1, 2022

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About this book

Excuse Me While I Ugly Cry by debut author Joya Goffney is a story of an overly enthusiastic list maker who is blackmailed into completing a to-do list of all her worst fears. It’s a heartfelt, tortured, contemporary YA high school romance. Fans of Jenny Han’s To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before and Kristina Forest’s I Wanna Be Where You Are will love the juicy secrets and leap-off-the-page sexual tension.

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“A hilarious and swoonworthy story.” —Kristina Forest, author of Now That I’ve Found You “A fun, emotionally rich romance with a sweet, imperfect character who will win your heart.” —Liara Tamani, author of All the Things We Never Knew Quinn keeps lists of everything—from the days she’s ugly cried, to “Things That I Would Never Admit Out Loud” and all the boys she’d like to kiss. Her lists keep her sane. By writing her fears on paper, she never has to face them in real life. That is, until her journal goes missing . . . Then an anonymous account posts one of her lists on Instagram for the whole school to see and blackmails her into facing seven of her greatest fears, or else her entire journal will go public. Quinn doesn’t know who to trust. Desperate, she teams up with Carter Bennett—the last known person to have her journal—in a race against time to track down the blackmailer. Together, they journey through everything Quinn’s been too afraid to face, and along the way, Quinn finds the courage to be honest, to live in the moment, and to fall in love. A Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection Epic Reads Recommended Pick at Target A Kirkus Children's Best Book of 2021

Same Lane

A steady, intimate read with the same emotional lane and romance-forward pull.

Come here for

  • contemporary YA romance feel
  • warm, serious emotional register

Expect

  • sustained narrative immersion
  • a Romance pick adjacent to _Excuse Me While I Ugly Cry_

Where it sits

Contemporary YA Romance80%
Coming of Age50%
African American YA44%

Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.

Publisher categories

  • Coming of Age
  • Diverse YA Fiction
  • YA Stories About Girls & Women
  • African American YA
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  • Contemporary YA Romance
  • Boarding School YA
  • YA Sci-Fi Romance
  • Dating & Sex for Teens
Authors
Joya Goffney
Publisher
HarperCollins
Published
February 1, 2022
Format
Print & ebook
Reading lane
Coming of Age