When her boyfriend Seth breaks up with her, after her parents have split up too, Nina is heartbroken and in disbelief as she also discovers she's pregnant.
After and incident with Seth and his ex Appolonia months before, she is stunned he leaves her but really the sex was never great as proved by when Seth buys a creepy not sweet anniversary present.
All the while we see why girls aren't displayed always as perfect things but how we supposedly are to guys especially, from hairy legs, periods, pregnancy accidents, using the toilet like any other human and needing to have perfect hair, make-up, outfit, body etc.
We also see frequent mentions of Eros and Thanos the Greek gods throughout the book as plot deals with sex and love as the gods believed themselves. We see the torture Nina puts herself through over the breakup and how it leaves her searching for an explanation about how love works. It was a bit flat for me as a story as I hoped for a more typical plot than I got and would have liked to have seen more about the baby and parents in the story.
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