IRRESISTIBLESeventeen-year-old Ben Carter has always been the awkward, overlooked nerd - nicknamed "Herbie, " invisible to girls, and the target of endless jokes. Desperate to belong, he makes a quiet, half-asleep wish: to be irresistible. To be seen. To be wanted. The next morning, the world flips. Girls who once ignored him now seek him out. The popular crowd pulls him in. Even the girl he's secretly loved for years smiles at him, sits close, and chooses him over everyone else.
For the first time, Ben feels like someone who matters. But is the attention what he imagined? Does popularity have hidden costs and who will start paying the price?Sometimes the thing you beg for isn't what you get. Irresistible is a touching YA novella about the seductive trap of popularity and the need to simply be yourself.
IRRESISTIBLESeventeen-year-old Ben Carter has always been the awkward, overlooked nerd - nicknamed "Herbie, " invisible to girls, and the target of endless jokes. Desperate to belong, he makes a quiet, half-asleep wish: to be irresistible. To be seen. To be wanted. The next morning, the world flips. Girls who once ignored him now seek him out. The popular crowd pulls him in. Even the girl he's secretly loved for years smiles at him, sits close, and chooses him over everyone else.
For the first time, Ben feels like someone who matters. But is the attention what he imagined? Does popularity have hidden costs and who will start paying the price?Sometimes the thing you beg for isn't what you get. Irresistible is a touching YA novella about the seductive trap of popularity and the need to simply be yourself.