Out of Character [Hardcover]

Dumplin meets Geekerella in debut author Jenna Millers queer, body-positive YA love story that explores online and offline relationships in all of their messiness.

If you asked seventeen-year-old Cass Williams to describe herself, shed happily tell you shes fat, a lesbian, and obsessed with the Tide Wars books. What she wont tell youor anyone in her lifeis that shes hiding a secret identity as part of an online Tide Wars roleplay community. Sure, its nerdy as hell, but when shes behind the screen writing scenes as Captain Aresha, she doesnt have to think about her mother who walked out or how unexpectedly stressful it is dating resident cool girl Taylor Cooper.

But secretly retreating to her online life is starting to catch up with Cass. For one, no one in her real life knows her secret roleplay addiction is the reason her grades have taken a big hit. Also? In this heartfelt online romance, Cass has started catching feelings for Rowan Davies, her internet bestie . . . and Taylor might be catching on.

As Casss lies continue to build, so does her anxiety. Roleplaying used to be the one place she could escape to, but this double life and offline-online love triangle have only made things worse. Cass must decide what to dobe honest and risk losing her safe space or keep it a secret and put everything else on the line.

• An Offline-Online Love Triangle:Dating the real-life cool girl Taylor Cooper is stressful enough, but Cass is also falling for her internet best friend, Rowana girl shes never even met.
• A Secret Fandom Life:By day, Cass is a normal high school student. But online, shes Captain Aresha, the confident leader in a Tide Wars roleplay community, and no one in her real life can ever know.
• A Body-Positive Queer Romance:A funny and heartfelt story that follows a heroine who knows shes fat and a lesbianand is happy to tell youas she navigates the delightful messiness of first lovlCä