{"product_id":"you-first-isbn-9780399591464","title":"You First","description":"\u003cb\u003eHow did Joe Goldberg become Joe Goldberg? What led to his first love…first obsession…first kill?\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Find out in the highly anticipated prequel to \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestselling author Caroline Kepnes’s hit You series, which inspired the blockbuster Netflix show.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJoe Goldberg is ready for his life to start. He’s seventeen years old, working in Mr. Mooney’s bookshop, falling in love with every girl on the subway all while wondering who will be \u003ci\u003ethe one\u003c\/i\u003e. He knows what he needs: A woman who will force him to get his GED, go to night school, and make something of himself. But who would ever fall in love with him?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThen he spots it: MISSED CONNECTION, NYC Bookstore Babe.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSomeone is looking for \u003ci\u003eJoe\u003c\/i\u003e. And that someone is Vail Gunderson, a production assistant with a passion for rom-coms. The only catch: she’s twenty-four, which means that Joe has no choice but to lie about his age…and, naturally, nearly everything else in his life. Joe thinks he’s found true love, but when Vail needs more convincing that Joe is her happily ever after, he’s determined to convince her…no matter \u003ci\u003ewhat \u003c\/i\u003eit takes… \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWith her incisive and darkly comedic prose, Caroline Kepnes captures Joe poised on the edge of manhood, entering the vicious, dog-eat-dog New York dating scene for the very first time, and buffeted by forces that will determine what kind of man he will become—and how he will write his own twisted love story.“Joe Goldberg at his most raw and vulnerable before love curdled into violence . . . Caroline Kepnes delivers a dark, disturbing, and utterly compelling origin story that feels chillingly authentic, with writing so sharp and character work so precise it makes every turn feel inevitable.”\u003cb\u003e—Liv Constantine, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Last Mrs. Parrish\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“A Y2K setting, adolescent anxiety, laugh-out-loud details, and a drum-tight, propulsive plot: This book is everything you ever wanted in a \u003ci\u003eYou\u003c\/i\u003e novel and then some. Buckle up, because Teen Joe’s mind is a dark, dark place—and I loved every second of my visit.”\u003cb\u003e—Andrea Bartz, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Last Ferry Out\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“At last, we have the answers to who Joe is. . . . Caroline Kepnes has created an unnerving, astounding psychological portrait, a book you can’t close until the last page is turned. Deep, dark, twisted and beautifully written.”\u003cb\u003e—Catriona Ward, \u003ci\u003eUSA Today \u003c\/i\u003ebestselling author of \u003ci\u003eNowhere Burning\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“The most distinctive voice in thrillers is back with a master class in tone and tension. A deliciously dark treat — Caroline Kepnes is in a league of her own.”\u003cb\u003e—Lucy Foley, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Midnight Feast\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“\u003ci\u003eAmerican Psycho\u003c\/i\u003e meets \u003ci\u003eYou’ve Got Mail \u003c\/i\u003ein this scathing, brilliantly written antihero origin story that asks, When it comes to love, are we all monsters?”\u003cb\u003e—Sarah Langan, author of \u003ci\u003eGood Neighbors\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Unsettling, intimate, and oddly hot, darkly seductive and impossible to put down, \u003ci\u003eYou First\u003c\/i\u003e creeps under your skin.”\u003cb\u003e—Lukas Gage, author of \u003ci\u003eI Wrote This for Attention\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eCaroline Kepnes \u003c\/b\u003eis the author of \u003ci\u003eYou, Hidden Bodies, You Love Me\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eFor You and Only You, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eProvidence\u003c\/i\u003e. 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