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Worst-Case Scenario
by Ray Stoeve
Our take
Sidney wants two things this year: win the presidency of their school's queer club, and keep their anxiety from tanking their grades again. A tie vote with their annoying nemesis Forrest forces a shared presidency instead, and working together turns out to be more complicated, and more fun, than expected. Reviewers keep calling the romance sweet, though a couple note the anxiety plotline sometimes crowds it out. Rivals-to-lovers fans get real friction here, not just surface bickering that resolves the moment feelings show up.
Content note: one character deals with an alcoholic parent in the background, treated as ongoing stress rather than a single dramatic incident. The rivals-to-lovers arc runs through a shared student-government responsibility, so the enemies stay forced into contact by circumstance, not proximity alone. Anxiety management is as central to the plot as the romance itself, sometimes more so.
Publisher's description
New from Ray Stoeve comes an enemies-to-lovers romance about nemeses who are forced to share their school's Queer Alliance presidency following a tie in the election. Sidney has one goal for their junior year. Well . . . two, if they're being honest. Number one: become president of their school's Queer Alliance club. And number two: keep their self-diagnosed anxiety in check so their grades don't tank like they did last year. But when the election results in a tie with none other than Sidney's arch nemesis, the class clown Forrest, the two are forced to share the presidency until a revote at the end of term. Sidney expects Forrest to be insufferable, but it turns out that working together is . . . kind of nice? As surprising feelings for Forrest emerge, Sidney's techniques for managing their anxiety stop working. With the reelection approaching and assignments starting to pile up, will all this pressure be too much for Sidney to handle on their own?
- First published
- 2026
Available formats
- Print — 304 pages · ISBN 9781419764998
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