I Gave You My Heart (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781338813869)

The worst breakup is a friendship breakup. But what if while losing a best friend, you could gain a first love? From Schneider Family Book Award Honor-winning author Claire Forrest, comes a coming-of-age story that navigates new love, lost friendships, and discovering who you truly want to be.

Seren is invincible.

She has thousands of friends, she gets tons of attention, and she's intimately involved in the fandom for her fav pop star, Emery Aster.

But that's all online.

In real life, Seren depends on her long-time BFF, Violet. She's always been happy to be the sidekick to Violet's big personality. Violet gets her. She's cool with the fact that Seren uses a wheelchair, and reflecting Violet's bright light makes Seren feel just a bit more shiny, more like her online persona. But things are about to get complicated.

Seren has to spend the summer in the small town of Evergreen with her dad and her stepmom, who are pushing her to spend less time on social media, and more time in the real world. Seren gets a job at a local year-round Christmas store, where she meets Billie and her older brother, Gideon. While cold and standoffish as first, there's something about Gideon that captures Seren's attention...

When Seren convinces Violet to come visit her, she hopes that they can make a video to enter Emery Aster's fan contest. But Violet's not interested. She is moving on from Emery Aster -- maybe even from Seren. Their forever friendship is fragmenting, and Seren doesn't know who she is without her BFF to help her shine.

As Seren slowly starts to fall for Gideon and to figure out who she is without Violet, she will have to grapple with the real world on her own. Can she stop hiding behind Emery's music and her online persona, and become the main character of her own life?

With a slow burn romance, a complicated friendship breakup, and a relatable Taylor Swift-esq fandom, this is a sweet, romantic, music-filled YA contemporary that is not to be missed!