Bess doesn’t want to think about the future. College entrance prep programs? Funny. Extracurricular activities? No chance. Join the robotics club full of guys who ignore you—or, even worse, constantly ask if you need help? Anything, just not that.
But when, in class, she accidentally discovers she has an engineering talent, there’s no choice left. Mateo Luna is the handsome captain of the robotics club, and he instantly recognizes Bess’s abilities. She’s needed on his team.
Not only because he can’t stop thinking about the tiny freckles around her eyes or about how she got him hooked on songs by Taylor Swift. The real reason is that Bess sees him. And she challenges him.
But when they start butting heads for real, Bess wonders: is there actually a place for a girl in the scientific field?