Girlfriend Material

Allison Farley and Kate Davidson are best friends and top students in the same costume design program. Their styles pull in opposite directions. Allison knits her own sweaters and wears socks printed with tiny strawberries. Kate wears combat boots and crop tops.

Their love lives differ just as much. Allison has spent two years of college failing to land a girlfriend before graduation. Kate collects hearts and discards them, and she treats anything beyond a no-feelings hook-up as pointless.

Then Allison realises she already has a flirting expert nearby, and she asks Kate to teach her the art of seduction. Kate agrees easily. The lessons give her a handy distraction from a question she would rather avoid: whether she really dislikes relationships, or is simply afraid of them.

Both women insist the lessons are purely platonic and that neither is in love. This is a New Adult romance between two women, set in a world of fabric, fashion and campus friendship. The open question is how long that insistence can hold up.