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Eighteen-year-olds Hildy and Paul are paired in an experiment (inspired by a real-life psychological study) that tests whether intimacy between strangers can be achieved through a series of questions. A predictable romance plot is made livelier through engaging formatting, including IMs, texts, and transcript-style dialogue. The pair's entertaining banter, while in ways revealing, only scratches the surface of the characters' painful home lives.