Kitty Song Covey has a plan. Her final year at KISS will be perfect: meaningful memories with friends, deeper connections with her Korean relatives, and big decisions about her future. And finally—finally—she and Min Ho will define their relationship. For real this time.
But plans, Kitty learns, are just hopes dressed up in confidence.
A surprise revelation about her family tree shatters everything she thought she knew, forcing Kitty to question where she truly belongs. Meanwhile, college application deadlines loom, friendships strain under senior-year pressure, and just when she and Min Ho are ready to have the talk, an unexpected letter from someone in her past changes the game entirely.
Suddenly, defining things feels impossible. Embracing the unexpected feels terrifying. And Kitty must face the hardest question of all: who is she when she stops trying to orchestrate every outcome?
With her signature wit cracking under real vulnerability, Kitty discovers that the best endings aren’t planned—they’re survived, celebrated, and shared with the messy, beautiful people who love her anyway.





