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Kendi: Chaos Was Always Inevitable - A funny and emotional YA story about drama, family pressure, and one bad decision at a time.
Paperback
Series: Kendi Unfiltered, Book 1
ISBN13: 9783911873352
Publisher: Merciless Ink Publishing
Published: Dec 27 2025
Pages: 204
Weight: 0.48
Height: 0.47 Width: 5.25 Depth: 8.00
Language: English
I had a plan.
Love definitely wasn't part of it. Not at sixteen. And certainly not with strict parents.
But feelings are pretty good at ruining plans.
Alex-my best friend, maybe more, maybe not-crosses a line nobody talks about.
The next day, he's gone.
And I miss him more than I'd like to admit out loud.
While I'm still trying to make sense of that, the boy from the bus stop shows up-and suddenly everything gets messier.
He's charming. Easy to like. Dangerous in a completely different way.
Kate, the voice in my head, calls it perfect timing.
I call it a disaster waiting to happen.
Because this is the kind of chaos where someone always gets hurt.
And I'm about to make it worse.
★★★★ This book felt like a Kenyan To All the Boys I've Loved Before, but with more gritty elements. - Reader Review
Excerpt from Kendi: Chaos Was Always Inevitable
Hey, Kendi, what do you want to be when you grow up?
That question? Total trigger.
Cue the rebellion. Tomboy mode activated.
Kate: Step one? Pick a sport with peak boy proximity and pretend it's all about team spirit.
Football?
Kate: Nah. Ninety minutes of sweaty chaos and one ball to share? I'm good, thanks.
Boxing?
Kate: Hard pass. Getting your brains rattled doesn't scream 'fun.' And let's be honest, you'd still be stuck on Team Girl.
Chess?
Kate: Perfect. Sneaky eye contact across the board-check. Flirting without breaking a sweat-double check.
I want to be a chess grandmaster, Auntie, I answered.
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