Megan McCafferty’s hundreds of thousands of fans have been clamoring for more of the character they met in sloppy firsts and continued to adore in second helpings, and they’ll be thrilled with this long-awaited third installment of Jessica’s story. Just as observant, witty, and insightful as ever, Jessica had finally left her New Jersey hometown/hellhole for New York’s Columbia University; she’s more into Marcus Flutie than ever (so what if he’s at a Buddhist college in California?); and she’s making friends who just might qualify as stand-ins for her beloved Hope.

But Jessica soon realizes that her bliss might not last. She lands an internship at a snarky Brooklyn-based magazine, but will she mesh with the uber-hip staff? As she and Marcus hit the rocks, will she end up falling for her GOPunk, neoconservative RA…or the hot (and married!) Spanish grad student who is her partner on a summer project…or the oh-so-sensitive emo boy down the hall? And what do the cryptic one-word postcards from Marcus really mean? With hilarious insight, hyperobservant Jessica struggles through three years of college—and the summers in between—while maintaining her cynicism, wit and candor.