Striking a perfect balance between heartfelt emotions and spot-on humor this YA debut features
a pop-culture enthusiast protagonist with an unforgettable voice sure to resonate with readers.
Alice had her whole summer planned. Nonstop all-you-can-eat buffets while marathoning her
favorite TV shows (best friends totally included) with the smallest dash of adulting-working at
the library to pay her share of the rent. The only thing missing from her perfect plan? Her
girlfriend (who ended things when Alice confessed she's asexual). Alice is done with dating-no
thank you do not pass go stick a fork in her done. But then Alice meets Takumi and she
can't stop thinking about him or the rom com-grade romance feels she did not ask for
(uncertainty butterflies and swoons oh my!). When her blissful summer takes an unexpected
turn and Takumi becomes her knight with a shiny library-employee badge (close enough) Alice
has to decide if she's willing to risk their friendship for a love that might not be
reciprocated-or understood. Claire Kann's young adult debut novel Let's Talk About Love
chosen by readers like you for Macmillan's young adult imprint Swoon Reads gracefully explores
the struggle with emerging adulthood and the complicated line between friendship and what it
might mean to be something more. Praise for Let's Talk About Love : "Alice is black
biromantic and asexual and her relationship with Takumi is genuine and fun. . . . A light
enjoyable asexual romance with outstanding representation. Recommended." - School Library
Journal "Debut novelist Kann thoughtfully tackles what it means to be asexual and gives Alice
a platform to discover who she is and what it means for her relationship with Takumi. Asexual
readers will appreciate the visibility and those-like Alice's ex-who know poorly understand it
will gain a better sense of what love without sex can look like." - Publishers Weekly
