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'When I Think of You' could be a ripped-from-the-headlines Hollywood romance

Myah Ariel's debut is like a fizzy, angsty mash-up of Bolu Babalola and Kennedy Ryan as the challenges of doing meaningful work in Hollywood threaten two young lovers' romantic reunion.
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An edgy, hyper-current Hollywood based second-chance romance between former college sweethearts, Myah Ariel's debut novel When I Think of You radiates breakout energy. It's like a fizzy, angsty mash-up of Bolu Babalola's 2022 campus love story Honey and Spice and Kennedy Ryan's movie set workplace romance Reel as the challenges of doing meaningful work in Hollywood threaten two young lovers' romantic reunion.

Kaliya Wilson is an under-employed and chronically under-appreciated film school graduate in Los Angeles; her filmmaker ex-boyfriend Danny Prescott is the only son of a legendary director. Years after their breakup, he's on the cusp of making

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