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Love Is Second Best

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Carmella begins a difficult day chasing someone who has taken the last money she needs for food and expenses. School frustrations and resentment toward an admired newcomer compound her anger. Her direct account moves through friendships and developing attachments within a social world where comparisons come quickly.

41 sections72,449 wordsAbout 5 h 29 min
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About Love Is Second Best

The opening connects wounded pride to an immediate material problem, so irritation is more than a personality trait. Carmella’s judgments of a new classmate reveal how easily admiration in a crowd can provoke resistance in an observer. Watch the difference between her sharp private commentary and the more tentative exchanges through which she learns about other people.

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Follow Carmella’s sharp judgments alongside the everyday financial and social pressures that make comparison and recognition feel personally urgent.

This reading edition contains 72,449 words in 41 original sections. Read the text online with adjustable type and three colour themes, or keep a printable PDF.

Author: Author not credited. Language: English. Reading edition: 28 October 2026.

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Carmella's POV

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Contents

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  1. Chapter 1: ART'S START9 min
  2. Chapter 2: CLOSE FRIENDS8 min
  3. Chapter 3: SHREVAKHUK'S ENCOUNTER8 min
  4. Chapter 4: DISCOURAGED RAGE7 min
  5. Chapter 5: READY, STEADY10 min
  6. Chapter 6: DIVIDED WE STAND, UNITED WE FALL10 min
  7. Chapter 7: TAME BLAME10 min
  8. Chapter 8: ON AND BEYOND8 min
  9. Chapter 9: SCARS KEEPER8 min
  10. Chapter 10: CARMELLA REIGNS ONCE AGAIN8 min
  11. Chapter 11: MEGAMIND8 min
  12. Chapter 12: LOVE BEGINS WITH ONE HELLO8 min
  13. Chapter 13: CARMELLA'S TRUE COLORS8 min
  14. Chapter 14: MEETING THE OTHER HALF8 min
  15. Chapter 15: THE PRINCESS AND THE PAUPER8 min
  16. Chapter 16: TO LOVE AND LOSE YOU7 min
  17. Chapter 17: BOX FULL OF HAPPINESS8 min
  18. Chapter 18: EPITOME OF BEAUTY7 min
  19. Chapter 19: UNLOVE YOU NOT7 min
  20. Chapter 20: MY KIND OF 'ALWAYS'7 min
  21. Chapter 21: SUGAR RUSH7 min
  22. Chapter 22: UNBURNT FLAME8 min
  23. Chapter 23: MY ALL-TIME BUDDY8 min
  24. Chapter 24: CARMELLA’S CHANCE8 min
  25. Chapter 25: LOST IN YOUR EYES8 min
  26. Chapter 26: IT MUST HAVE BEEN LOVE8 min
  27. Chapter 27: REALITY AND NIGHTMARES IN ONE8 min
  28. Chapter 28: BE AWARE OF10 min
  29. Chapter 29: THE SOFT-HEARTED FEELING8 min
  30. Chapter 30: LAST YEAR'S CHANCE7 min
  31. Chapter 31: THE SURE UNCERTAINTY8 min
  32. Chapter 32: LOVING THE MOMENTS7 min
  33. Chapter 33: THE LOVE TRAP7 min
  34. Chapter 34:SHINE YOUR WAY7 min
  35. Chapter 35: TRUTH UNFOLDS7 min
  36. Chapter 36: BEAUTIFUL BOW OF COLORS8 min
  37. Chapter 37: GETTING STRONGER TOGETHER8 min
  38. Chapter 38: HE LOVED ME AS I LOVE YOU8 min
  39. Chapter 39: DECISIONS8 min
  40. Chapter 40: I LOVE YOU GOODBYE8 min
  41. Chapter 41: TRUTH AND NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH13 min

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