Unnecessary Drama, by Nina Kenwood

Starting university, Brooke has moved from the country into a Melbourne share house. Troubled by anxiety and an overwhelming need for control, she hopes to reinvent herself in the big city. This seems unlikely when she realises that one of her new housemates is Jesse, a former friend from her home town who let her down badly. Always the good girl, the responsible one, Brooke needs to relax, get out of her own head and learn how to trust again. The characters don’t quite ring true is this uneven coming-of-age tale. It is mildly amusing and wholly predictable, with the will-they won’t-they tediously adolescent.