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Six years ago, a strange phenomenon began: the name of a person's meant-to-be soulmate (a.k.a. "MTB") appeared on their skin once they turned eighteen. As newly eighteen-year-old Agatha falls for an amusement park coworker who is not her MTB, she wonders if she can choose her own fate. Agatha's brazen, clever narration should engage teens who have their own tough choices to make.