What’s theater without a little superstition? For Melody McIntyre, stage manager extraordinaire and Patron Saint of Serial Monogamy™, theater is everything… and so are the (detailed and many) superstitions that plague her drama department.
When the fall play is disastrously disrupted by Melody’s girlfriend breaking up with her (with the entire stage crew listening in over their headsets… yikes), Melody’s friends come up with a new superstition: when she’s in love, s#&t hits the fan. The solution? She’s not allowed to fall in love—or even date—until the spring musical closes.
No problem, right? Not exactly. When Odile Rose, semi-famous actress and a classmate at Beaconville High, returns to snag the lead role in Les Mis, Melody is having trouble keeping her promise… and keeping the theater’s alleged curse from coming for them all.
The Love Curse of Melody McIntyre by Robin Talley is the hilarious queer rom-com we need in our lives right now. With a huge cast (pun intended) of characters we absolutely adore, drama department politics that we can’t get over, and an adorable romance that makes us swoon, Love Curse is one for the books (again, pun FULLY intended). Start reading this sneak peek now!