Unexpected Mess of It All

A very funny and fraught 'enemies-to-will-they-won't-they' romance between family friends Jamila and Billy.Jamila Dakhoul wants to escape her life. Forget everything.Forget that her only friends are strangers on the internet.Forget that she's stuck in a caravan after a fire destroyed her family's house.Forget that Year 12 is a brutal hellhole where bullying is an Olympic sport.Forget Billy Radcliffe once and for all.But as Jamila tries to untangle the messy threads of her life on a weekend away with her family, it becomes clear that she can't outrun her past, no matter how hard she tries ...A coming-of-age story about falling apart, starting over, and the people and places you can't live without from the award-winning author of Remind Me How This Ends, Can't Say it Went to Plan and The Intern.AWARDSWinner - ACT Literary Awards 2025 (YA Fiction)Shortlisted - 2025 ACT Literary Awards