The oracle of dating
Allison van Diepen
- Reading
- You could read together or check in afterwards about what makes advice helpful, and whether Kayla's own feelings change how she sees the advice she gives others.
- Themes
- Advice and friendship: Kayla's anonymous dating advice business becomes personally complicated when her advice backfires on her best friend. The contrast between Kayla's advice-giving and its effect on her friend makes the consequences of advice part of the story's central setup.
- Worth knowing
- Dating and crushes are prominent, including flirting and questions about whether attraction is returned. The story also involves friendship affected by advice that backfires.