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Plot summary
This novel is about a girl named Lani who slowly begins to fall in love with her best friend's boyfriend. Lani checks her horoscopes every Monday with her best friend, Blake, who thinks horoscopes are stupid and inaccurate. Blake is gay, and only Lani knows about it. Lani also has a best friend named Erin even though they're drifting apart Lani still tries to make it work the best she can. There's this boy at Lani and Erin’s school named Jason who Erin claims she's madly in love with. This makes Lani upset because that's all Erin has been talking about and is all she’s focused on and it's obvious erin likes Jason more than Jason likes Erin. Erin tells Lani she mostly likes Jason because he’s hot and well known, Lani thinks that’s wrong and lets Erin know how she feels about that and they get into a fight over email.

Due to Erin telling Jason how she feels about him, Erin and Jason start to date, she always talks about him and how they are so in love. Because of this Erin wants Lani to be friends with Jason so if Jason talks about Erin then Lani could tell her everything he says about her. So now that Lani and Jason are closer together and are pretty much best friends they start to grow feelings for each other.

Blake notices this and thinks Lani is falling for Jason and Jason is falling for Lani he starts to mess with her by saying how in love they are.But, Lani refuses to believe that she likes Jason or that Jason likes her she tells herself she could never hurt Erin like that. As time goes by and feelings grow stronger and Lani finally admits to herself that fate is bringing herself and Jason together, its getting harder and harder to hide their feelings. Jason feels the same way about Lani so he takes her into an empty classroom to tell her that he really likes her, even though Jason is still dating Erin.

But Jason says how he can’t be with Lani because she is with Blake. And because of this Lani accidentally blurts out that she wouldn't go out with Blake because he is gay. Which nobody was supposed to know except for Lani. School slowly ends and that means Erin is leaving for summer camp which also means that she won’t be there to see Jason and Lani together. Lani refuses to be with Jason because he is with Erin. Because of this Jason breaks up with Erin over a letter. As soon as Jason does that he runs to tell Lani they can finally be together. But Lani still doesn't want to be with Jason because she doesn't want to hurt Erin after all Erin did save Lani’s life in a tragic car accident. But as the days go by Lani and Jason are hanging out everyday and Lani is starting to fall in love with Jason and she can’t go a day without seeing him. They aren't official but they act just like a couple they’re always together. As summer ends to fast for Lani’s liking, Erin is back home. All Erin does with Lani is talk bad about Jason saying how horrible he is for breaking up with her over a letter.

As school starts everything comes crashing down. Jason tries to tell Erin why he broke up with her but she refuses to speak to him. Because of this Lani has to tell her herself by an Email. Erin is beyond mad because of this and sends the Email to everyone in their grade. But she changes the Email a little bit to make Lani look bad. Because of this everyone begins to hate Lani calling her names like “boyfriend stealer”. Except for Jason and Blake they are still friends with her. This goes on for a week or so but something bad happens. Someone writes ‘GAY’ on Blakes locker. Everyone in the grade finds out that Blake is gay which leads to him thinking Lani told someone. Lani admits to telling Jason on accident but Blake doesn't care he stops talking to her. After a while he forgives Lani and helps her get through all of the drama she is in. Jason starts to beg Lani to ask for forgiveness from Erin because Lani refuses to be with him unless Erin says its okay. Lani finally gets to talk to Erin and she admits that Jason and Lani are meant for each other. Now that Jason and Lani can be together they spend every minute with each other. In the end Lani and Jason are together Blake is living with his uncle and is finally accepting who he really is. Lani and Erin have put the past behind them and Erin fully forgave Lani.

Reception
According to School Library Journal “This novel will be an easy sell to reluctant readers and chick-lit enthusiasts.” The Book Girl Reviews Stated “ I absolutely loved Something like fate and all of her books come highly recommended by me!”  The Compulsive Reader called it a “bittersweet and wise book”  Dreaming In Books commented that “Something Like Fate is a keeper for sure-simply for the sweetness and fun characters that inhabit the pages." They also praised the book with a five star rating. As for negative reviews Dreaming In Books had stated that “It disappointed me that Blake was sidelined until the very end of the book.”