The novel begins with Macy, who is trying to recover from the sudden loss of her father, saying goodbye to her boyfriend, Jason, who is going away to Brain Camp.

While working for Wish, she meets the artistic Wes, who she later discovers lost his mother to cancer and attended reform school for breaking and entering.

During this time Macy's older sister begins to renovate their father's beach house despite reluctance from the other family members (mainly from her mother).

They continue to play the game later during work, where Macy discovers that he is also in an "on a break" relationship with a girl named Becky.

[7] Kirkus Reviews criticized the plot as "too conventional" but wrote that "the Wish team is lovable, the romance clicks, and readers will be entertained".

[8] Of the audiobook, AudioFile Magazine cited narrator Stina Nielsen's "appealing tone and cadence" as a highlight.