title: The Shippers
author: Katherine Center
publisher: St. Martin's Press
publication date: May 19, 2026
pages: 336
peppers: 2 (on this scale)
warnings:
- violence
- sexual harassment
- drunkenness
summary: Jojo's sister Ashley decides that Jojo's unlucky-in-love curse comes from being bonded forever to the boy who first kissed her. Fortunately, he's going to be on the cruise everyone's taking for Ashley's wedding. Also fortunately, Jojo's best childhood friend Cooper will help her to win over said first kiss. Unfortunately, or maybe fortunately, that's not how things unfold.
tropes:
- friends-to-lovers
- pining
- ruin the wedding
- only one bed
what I liked:
- pining
- narrative lack of insight
- the plan
- humor
- Jojo's family
- math-talk
what I didn’t like:
- n/a
overall rating: 5 (of 5 stars) -- I feel so lucky I got to read this book!
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