The Underachiever's Guide to Love and Saving the World

A Novel

Sloane Brooks

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Atria
25 November 2025

The Hating Game meets Legends & Lattes in this captivating and hilarious fantasy rom-com with a twist about two enemies who must work together to return to their reality.

Courtney’s only goal in life is to have no goals. A reformed overachiever, she’s content with her dead-end job and simple existence. And her “feud” with her neighbor Bryce brings her immense joy. Everything is perfect.

Until Courtney and Bryce are pulled through a portal and flung into a fantasy world where they are met by a prophecy-obsessed sage who claims one of them must be the Chosen One destined to save them all from an unknown Evil One. Neither of them wants the job but also refuse to let the other have the glory. Unfortunately, in their efforts to save the world, they unleash more chaos by accidentally freeing a dragon, summoning an undead army, and almost poisoning their mentor with peanut butter.

To return to their world, Courtney and Bryce—a snarky underachiever and a grumpy hermit—must charm and endear themselves to the people of this fantasy world (or each other) to be able to use magic. With time running out and the threat of the Evil One looming, they must work together to become worthy heroes if they ever want to make it home again. Or else be doomed to eternity in a universe without running water—and with each other—forever.

By: Sloane Brooks
Imprint: Atria
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 210mm, Width: 135mm, Spine: 25mm
Weight: 306g
ISBN: 9781668081266
ISBN 10: 1668081261
Pages: 384
Publication Date: 25 November 2025
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Sloane Brooks loves writing stories filled with romance, humor, and magic. She lives in the Midwest with her husband, two cats, and too many houseplants. She is the author of The Underachiever’s Guide to Love and Saving the World and, under the pen name Shannon Bright, her debut paranormal rom-com Every Wish Way.

Reviews for The Underachiever's Guide to Love and Saving the World: A Novel

""The enemies-to-lovers fantasy romcom I didn’t know I needed. Full of laughs and full of heart."" -- Kelley Armstrong, #1 New York Times bestselling author “You’ve heard of a meet cute, but what about a mean cute? Courtney and Bryce manage to literally annoy each other into love, and they might both be underachievers, but they overachieve at winning my heart.” -- Audrey Goldberg Ruoff, author of Hopelessly Teavoted