Loveless. Alice Oseman

      

      First published in Great Britain by HarperCollins Children’s Books in 2020

      Published in this ebook edition in 2020

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      Source ISBN: 9780008244125

      Ebook Edition © May 2018 ISBN: 9780008244132

      Version: 2020-06-26

      If it proves so, then loving goes by haps:

      Some Cupid kills with arrows, some with traps.

      Much Ado About Nothing, William Shakespeare

      Contents

       Cover

       Title Page

       Copyright

       Epigraph

      Part One

      Last Chance

      Romance

      Pip, Jason and Me

      Truth or Dare

      Tommy

Kissing

On Fire

Loveless

Part Two

Change

Rooney

A New Friendship

Romantic Thinking

Sex

College Marriage

Baby’s First Club

High Standards

Pride

Putting Yourself Out There

       Shakespeare and House Plants

       Chaotic Energy

       Forever Alone

       Immature

       We Sure Do Love Drama

       Dating Skills

       Straight Out of a Romance Novel

       The Spark

       A Short but Compelling Presentation by Rooney Bach

       Palm to Palm

       Elephant in the Room

       The Letter ‘X’

       Mr Self-Confidence

       Sunil

       Could have Gone Harder with the Pride Flags

       Pip

       Mirage

       Part Three

       I Love None

       Wank Fantasy

       Countdown Timer Music

       Brainwashed

       Fantasy Future

       Mirror World

       But if She Cannot Love You

       Two Roommates

       The Bailey Ball

       Capulet vs Montague

       Defeated

       Paper Flowers

       Survivor

       Part Four

       Very Opposite People

       Aromantic Asexual

       True Love

       Home

       Ellis

       Platonic Magic

       Memories

       Love Ruins Everything

       You Deserve Joy

       Jason

       Sorry

       Beth

       Emergency Meeting

       The Night Before

       Your Song

       The Opposite of Curious

       Mess

       We Kept the Beds Together

       Horny and Confused

       I Will Find Her

       Grand Gesture

       Part Five

       It’s Been Fun

       Good Night

       The House

       Further Resources on Asexuality and Aromanticism

       Acknowledgements

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