Heartbreaker (john Tucker Must Die Meets To All The Boys I've Loved Before In This Irresistible Ya Romcom!)

By (author) Hussain, Anika
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Unable to talk to Mona about her mixed emotions, and with the mission veering dangerously off course, Saachi will have to embrace her role as a heartbreaker or potentially end up with her own heart broken .
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A feisty enemies to lovers romcom from the YA Book Prize shortlisted author of This is How You Fall in Love. Perfect for readers of Jenny Han, Joya Goffney and Adiba Jaigirdar!

HE BROKE HER BEST FRIEND''S HEART. NOW SAACHI PLANS TO BREAK HIS.

MAY THE BEST HEARTBREAKER WIN . . .

Saachi would do anything for her best friend. So when school bad boy Fahim breaks Mona''s heart, Saachi is hellbent on getting revenge. It''s time to put him in his place once and for all.

And so begins Operation Heartbreaker: Saachi will make Fahim fall in love with her and then pull the plug on him - just like he does to every girl he''s ever dated. Simple.

Except as she spends more time with Fahim, against her better judgement, she finds herself falling for him. Unable to talk to Mona about her mixed emotions, and with the mission veering dangerously off course, Saachi will have to embrace her role as a heartbreaker or potentially end up with her own heart broken . . .

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A big-hearted romp of a rom-com with a messy, charming and complex heroine at its center who guides us through a beautiful celebration of culture, family, friendship and love.
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Hilarious and heartfelt in equal measure. Anika Hussain is one of my new favourite YA authors.
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Funny, fresh and heartwarming, Heartbreaker is everything I love in a romcom - with a complex main character and a swoony love story wrapped up in a delightful revenge plot that takes me back to films like John Tucker Must Die.
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The cutest YA romcom of 2025. I adored it! Saachi and Fahim were both big, loud and brilliant characters. Saachi was out there creating her own problems like most teenage girls (me - I did this) and it was wonderful to watch her learn and grow and find her way. Perfect for contemporary YA fans of all ages.
Biographical note:
Anika Hussain was born and raised in Stockholm, Sweden, and currently lives and writes in Bristol, Somerset. She is a graduate of the Bath Spa MAWYP. Not having seen herself in the books she read as a teenager, she writes YA novels with South Asian characters at the heart of the story. She is the YA Book Prize shortlisted author of This Is How You Fall in Love and Heartbreaker. In her free time, she rewatches Love Island, listens to too many true crime podcasts and sings pop-punk songs loudly around her apartment.
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May the best heartbreaker win in this fiery enemies to lovers romcom from the YA Book Prize shortlisted author of THIS IS HOW YOU FALL IN LOVE . . .
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A hilarious and readable romcom with all your favourite romantic tropes and themes: enemies to lovers, forced proximity, pining and more!
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Touches on more grounded themes in between the heart flutters; such as mental health, different family structures and friendship.
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Brings British-South-Asian characters to the centre, dispelling stereotypes about and celebrating Desi culture.
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Perfect for readers of Jenny Han, Joya Goffney and Adiba Jaigirdar.
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From exciting UK talent Anika Hussain, author of THIS IS HOW YOU FALL IN LOVE, which was shortlisted for the YA Book Prize.