Daria Snadowsky’s debut novel draws out the Anatomy of a Boyfriend from crush to kiss and the road to blindsided bliss in an honest and familiar high school romance.

As soon as Dominique runs in to Wes, and I mean really runs into him, she knows they’re meant to be. Dom’s a senior in high school and while her mind is set on doing well and getting in to college to study pre-med, she’s distracted by Wes. Everything she’s studied in Gray’s Anatomy doesn’t compare to the real thing. Soon senior year will be over, will Dominique sacrifice going to the university she really wants to attend to be closer to her new love?

Daring scenes of intimacy litter Anatomy of a Boyfriend’s pages and boldly separate it from any other teen romance novel I’ve read lately. Snadowsky takes an average romance and dissects it with such painful accuracy that any girl who’s ever been in love or ever will be in love will relate to it from the very first page. Dominique’s awkward and naïve journey is delivered with raw and realistic narration.