The titular Ophelia is a high school senior named after the character in Hamlet. Ophelia's mother is a white English professor, and her father is Cuban (I forget what he does for work). Ophelia is a romantic and obsessed with the upcoming prom, as is her friend Agatha. Her BFF, Sammie (Samuel) is obsessed with prom in a different way; he's in a competition with their other friend, Wesley, for Lindsay, a gorgeous girl in their friend group. Through Wes, their friendship group merges with his other besties, Zaq and Talia. Talia is known for having admitted in a game of I Never to having "kissed a girl and liked it." Cue sexual confusion for Ophelia. 

The other things you need to know about Ophelia is that she's an avid rose gardener, and until now, has been very out about her crushes on boys and her heartbreak over being dumped by a blond hottie named Lucas last year. As the story unfolds romantic and sexual complications are revealed. Things get messy, and I loved to see a teen romance with complicated romantic non/resolutions. 

Ophelia and her friends are realistically drawn, as is their high school experience, other than prom coming well before the end of the year. That's no normal, right? They're usually closer to graduation, aren't they? Hence "prom" for "promotion"? Or is "prom" derived from "promenade"? 

Quote about being mixed race/ethnicity