Ants

She was short and fat. Check. She was funny and flirty. Check and check. She hadnt ever touched another human besides through a fiber optic connection. Definite solid blue check.Ants tells the story of Natasha a 19-year-old South Indian teenager as she navigates through online dating feelings of displacement her desi background insecurities and depression.Afraid of rejection Nat finds all her men online in a platform called The Chatroom. There she meets Ben another lonely teen living three thousand miles away. Although theres nothing concrete about their relationship Nat starts idealizing and fantasizing about what it could be - plotting and planning elaborate scenarios.This explorative young adult novel is a tale of two people meeting virtually exchanging flirty and racy messages while never seeing the others face. Can Natasha or anyone truly fall in love with a person theyve never seen or met?