Nat and Cami

Casey McQuiston meets Heartstopper in this "sparkling" sapphic romance.

Cami, 15, is one of the only out queer students at her conservative boarding school in Italy. Artistically ambitious, she's struggling to imagine how to survive the upcoming two-and-a-half years of bullying. Seeking respite from her roommate's cruelty one night, she hides out in a bathroom—only she's not the only one there.

Nat is a senior, closeted even from herself, whose parents are pressuring her to win valedictorian. A year younger than her peers at 16, she's the head of her class and an athletic star, but her depression and insomnia keep her up all night. She takes refuge in the ground-floor bathroom where Cami shows up one night.

As they spend time together over the following nights and Nat lears how poorly the school treats queer people, the two girls concoct a mildly hare-brained scheme: to create an undercover Genders & Sexualities Alliance (GSA), a safe space where queer students and allies can bond. They don't expect so many kids to find a home with them.

And they certainly don't expect to fall in love with each other.

Contains mature content. A complete list of content warnings can be found on the author's website.