Virtually Yours by Sarvenaz Tash (English) Paperback Book

Description: Virtually Yours by Sarvenaz Tash College freshman Mariam uses a new virtual reality dating service and is matched not only with her new best friend, Jeremy, but also with her high school ex-boyfriend, Caleb. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description "Witty and insightful...at once utterly contemporary and totally timeless." -Samira Ahmed, New York Times bestselling author of Love, Hate & Other Filters and Internment Modern love plus online anonymity is a recipe for romantic disaster in this lighthearted new romance from the author of The Geeks Guide to Unrequited Love.How bad can one little virtual lie be? NYU freshman Mariam Vakilian hasnt dated anyone in five months, not since her high school sweetheart Caleb broke up with her. So, when she decides to take advantage of an expiring coupon and try out a new virtual reality dating service, its sort of a big deal. Its an even bigger deal when it chooses as one of her three matches none other than Caleb himself. That has to be a sign, right? Except that her other match, Jeremy, just happens to be her new best friend IRL. Mariams heart is telling her one thing, but the app is telling her another. So, which should she trust? Is all fair in modern love? Author Biography Sarvenaz Tash is the author of The Geeks Guide to Unrequited Love (a YALSA Top Ten Quick Pick for Reluctant YA Readers), Three Day Summer, The Mapmaker and the Ghost, and Virtually Yours. She was born in Tehran, Iran, and grew up on Long Island, New York. She received her BFA in film and television from NYUs Tisch School of the Arts, which means she got to spend most of college running around and making movies (it was a lot of fun). She has dabbled in all sorts of writing including screenwriting, Emmy Award-winning copywriting, and professional tweeting for the likes of Bravo and MTV. Sarvenaz currently lives in Brooklyn, New York, with her family. Review The cultural aspects of Miriams Muslim roots are conveyed organically...As for [her] arc, her realization that she needs to change her handling of relationships as she figures out her values will resonate with older readers and challenge those who havent yet settled on who they want to be. -- BCCB [A] hilarious novel that readers will not want to put down. Through snarky, tongue-in-cheek dialogue and hysterical inner monologues, Tash creates characters who are charismatic and engaging. They guide readers on a roller-coaster ride through their discovery of just who is really right for each other. VERDICT Perfect for anyone who likes humor and romance. -- School Library Journal Tash (The Geeks Guide to Unrequited Love, 2016, etc.) presents readers with a young woman navigating lifes risks and rewards in a way that will resonate with many readers...A sincere story of self-discovery. -- Kirkus Reviews As funny as it is wise, Virtually Yours is a 21st century delight, taking rom-com tropes that date back to Shakespeare and making them feel fresh and newly relevant. Not only does Sarvenaz Tash nail the feeling of college freshman year-the thrill and discomfort of trying to hold onto who you once were even as youre becoming someone new-she also brilliantly tackles the question of what makes a relationship real. I loved it. For real. -- Lance Rubin, Author of Denton Littles Deathdate Virtually Yours is a book that delivers more than one happily ever after. Its about finding yourself before you can find the one, and I loved following Mariams journey as she found both. -- Lauren Morrill, author of MEANT TO BE and BETTER THAN THE BEST PLAN Witty and insightful, Sarvenaz Tashs Virtually Yours is a delightful journey into the heart of love. A whimsical romance that is at once utterly contemporary and totally timeless, Tash masterfully intertwines the complexities of falling in love, owning your mistakes, and understanding who you really are. -- Samira Ahmed, New York Times Bestselling author of Love, Hate & Other Filters, and Internment Id totally swipe right on Virtually Yours, a book with heart and humor featuring characters youd want to know IRL. Sarvenaz Tash delivers a swoony story about first love, second chances, and finding out who you are and what you want to be. Its love at first read! -- Elizabeth Eulberg, author of Better Off Friends Review Quote Witty and insightful, Sarvenaz Tashs Virtually Yours is a delightful journey into the heart of love. A whimsical romance that is at once utterly contemporary and totally timeless, Tash masterfully intertwines the complexities of falling in love, owning your mistakes, and understanding who you really are. Excerpt from Book Virtually Yours CHAPTER 1 HIS SELFIE MADE ME DO it. Yes, I had the 40 percent off coupon from the orientation fair. Yes, it was almost about to expire. Yes, my roommate, Hedy, had made a casual comment just the day before about how I never seemed to leave our room. And if I wanted to, I could use any of those as excuses for why I found myself sitting in the waiting room of HEAVR, about to place my love life in the hands of some virtual gods. But if I did, Id be lying. Just that morning, Caleb had posted a grinning photo with a few of his college buddies, in mid-shrug--the kind of "casual" shot it probably took at least fifteen takes to get right--looking so carefree that it had sent my heart into a tailspin. There were a couple of girls in the picture too. I didnt know if any of them meant anything more to him, but it almost didnt matter. My ex-boyfriend, love of my life, breaker of my heart, was having the college life I should have been, and looking damn good doing it. Seeing that post had made me . . . angry. Mostly at myself. Why had I been shutting myself up in my dorm room, doing a months-long performance of the breakup mope, speaking to hardly anyone outside of my roommate? Why, especially, when Caleb was having fun. My eyes had swept across a stack of papers that was occupying a corner of my desk. At the top was the HEAVR coupon that had been gathering dust for two months. Within moments I had navigated over to their site and filled out their sign-up questionnaire--forced to glance one more time at Calebs selfie while I dutifully linked out to my social media profiles like it asked. Then I walked myself to HEAVRs headquarters. I didnt have an appointment, so now I was forced to sit in their yellow-and-magenta waiting room, staring at the "Happily Ever After Guaranteed" trademark that was plastered all over it, and trying to avoid the idle time that might make me rethink this idea. Because there was the part of me that didnt want Caleb to be responsible for my decisions anymore. And there was the part of me that felt like love hurt too much to be worth even trying for again. And, of course, who could forget the part of me that believed in the meet-cute and wanted it to be for real, not orchestrated by a machine. But the overwhelming majority of me kept thinking: Why not? Sure, it was easy to make fun of a dating app whose name was synonymous with vomiting and to laugh at those SNL sketches mocking the very idea of VR love. But I was certainly not going to meet anyone holed away in my dorm room. Why not let a machine give it a go in an attempt to find my HEA--my happily ever after? HEAVRs matchmaking skills were supposed to be second to none, and for a little bit extra, theyd even throw in the meet-cute. Id splurged. "Mariam Vakilian?" I smiled brightly at the woman in the lab coat as I got up and followed her down a hallway. No sense in not being extra friendly to someone who potentially held my entire romantic future in the palm of her hand. She led me into a small room that was painted a cheerful shade of yellow. A black leather dentists chair sat in the middle, complete with a tray nearby that held a sort of helmet/goggle hybrid, two sleek charcoal gloves, and a thin black vest. "Have a seat, Ms. Vakilian. My name is Joan, and I will be your guide, or as we like to call it at HEAVR, your twenty-first-century Cupid." She said that last part with a tight smile, which led me to picture her having a long conversation with her boss about just how idiotic she thought that trademarked moniker was. Joan didnt seem like the type who suffered fools or foolish slogans. "Let me get caught up on your order." She looked down at her tablet and read, giving me a chance to observe my "Cupid," who, in lieu of a diaper, was dressed in a smart navy skirt suit underneath the pale yellow lab coat, which had the letters HEAVR and her name stitched in dark magenta on the lapel. She wore a shade of lipstick that matched the magenta perfectly, and because her skin was a similar olive shade to my own, I found myself wondering if I could pull off the color too. Joans hair, however, was put back in the sort of high, professional ponytail that had always confounded me--no matter what I did, my ponytails seemed to escape their confines in unruly strands that gave me a "gym look," which wasnt super helpful when I was trying to interview for my work-study job or, say, attempting to look cute in case I accidentally ran into Caleb back home. Ugh. Why did all thought roads lead back to him? "Okay, so lets recap." Joan looked up from her tablet with a bright smile. "Youre looking for an eighteen-to-twenty-three-year-old male, open to any ethnicity, race, or creed. And location . . . you didnt fill this one out. Do you want strictly local?" I hesitated. Logically, I should say yes. But on the other hand, wasnt the beauty of living in this day and age and with this service at my disposal that I could say no? That I could date someone from anywhere in the world (or, well, the seventeen countries that HEAVR currently existed in, anyway)? Why not take advantage? And besides, it would really stick it to Caleb if I somehow found a long-distance soul mate after all. "No," I said. "Open to anywhere." "Thats fine," Joan said with a practiced but nevertheless soothing smile. "And thats it in terms of preliminary information we need from you. The rest will be done with this." She tapped on the tray. "So lets just get this on first." She opened up the vest, inviting me to put my arms through. It was lightweight for something that surely contained a lot of tech in between its seams. Joan came around to the front together. "Great. Now sit back and put your feet up." I leaned back in the buttery chair, which, despite its comfort, made me feel like I was about to get a root canal. "It wont hurt, I promise," Joan said, almost as if she could read my thoughts. "Lets get these on." She handed me the gloves as soon as I was settled. I slipped them on. They were made of some sort of sleek synthetic fiber and they felt slightly more substantial than regular gloves, but maybe that was only because I knew they were haptic and designed to register my motions. "Okay, and in a moment, youre going to place this over your head." She picked up the goggles. "Before you do, you have a choice of locale for your initial questionnaire. Some of our most popular choices are tropical island, outer space, Parisian caf Details ISBN1534436677 Author Sarvenaz Tash Pages 368 Publisher Simon & Schuster Year 2020 ISBN-10 1534436677 ISBN-13 9781534436671 Format Paperback Imprint Simon & Schuster Place of Publication New York Country of Publication United States DEWEY FIC Language English Audience Children/Juvenile UK Release Date 2020-08-06 Audience Age 14 Publication Date 2020-08-06 NZ Release Date 2020-08-06 US Release Date 2020-08-06 Illustrations f-c cvr (no spfx) AU Release Date 2020-06-30 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:137739672;

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