Didn't See That Coming

Jesse Q. Sutanto

Nov 2023 · Sold by Delacorte Press

About this ebook

A hilariously fresh and romantic send-up to You’ve Got Mail about a gamer girl with a secret identity and the online bestie she’s never met IRL until she unwittingly transfers to his school, from the bestselling author of Dial A for Aunties, The Obsession, and Well, That Was Unexpected.

Seventeen-year-old Kiki Siregar is a fabulous gamer girl with confidence to boot. She can’t help but be totally herself… except when she’s online.

Her secret? She plays anonymously as a guy to avoid harassment from other male players. Even her online best friend—a cinnamon roll of a teen boy who plays under the username Sourdawg—doesn’t know her true identity. Which is fine, because Kiki doesn’t know his real name either, and it’s not like they’re ever going to cross paths IRL.

Until she transfers to an elite private school for her senior year and discovers that Sourdawg goes there, too.

But who is he? How will he react when he finds out Kiki’s secret? And what happens when Kiki realizes she’s falling for her online BFF?

Ratings and reviews

I had read this author a couple of times, but those stories were more in line with the adult books, and not the YA ones. I love the humor in this author’s books, and had thought this might be similar. I was wrong. But, that is not a bad thing. This book is an emotional journey. One that even the author said took a turn that she was not expecting. For me, it was a rewind of my own introductions into new schools when I was in a teen, and all the feels of anger, fear, and bullying that were there. I found myself at one point with tears running down my face in one scene, as the text brought back some memories I had thought I had abandoned with age. This is not a bad thing, though, it is a compliment to the writing, and the book that I was brought to these emotions. It shows that this story goes beyond just the audience it was intended for. This book is aimed at teens, as I mentioned, but as I found, it does resonate with even someone way past that age. The story is simple, one of ma

About the author

Jesse Q Sutanto is the author of the YA thrillers The Obsession and The New Girl and the adult rom com Dial A for Aunties. She grew up shuttling back and forth between Indonesia, Singapore, and Oxford and considers all three places her home. She has a master’s from Oxford University, but she has yet to figure out how to say that without sounding obnoxious. Jesse has forty-two first cousins and thirty aunties and uncles, many of whom live just down the road. She used to game, but with two little ones and a husband, she no longer has time for hobbies. She aspires to one day find one (1) hobby.