METRO.US TUESDAY, OCTOBER 6, 2015 BOOKS 15 Shay Mitchell completely gets your quarterlife crisis “” there. Friend drama? She’s thing else — and it isn’t star Shay Mitchell had her share of that, too. always pretty. “Friendships Devastating heartbreak? go through ups and downs and her best friend, Definitely. just like a romantic rela- vlogger Michaela tionship does,” Mitchell Blaney, tackle the says. “Michaela and I have Art imitating life certainly had our fair share complications of All the ups and downs of ups and downs. We had 20-something life helped inspire Mitchell’s our fair share of ups and in their new novel, new novel, “Bliss” (out downs writing this book!” today), which she wrote Her goal wasn’t to “Bliss.” with her best friend, vlog- make characters people ger Michaela Blaney. liked. Instead, she wanted EMILY LAURENCE “Michaela and I got to make them real, show- @EmLaurence together and were just ing both their good and [email protected] talking about the past and bad sides. “None of these all the crazy experiences girls are bad girls,” Mitch- Before Shay Mitchell got that made us who we are ell says of the characters. her big break on “Pretty today,” Mitchell tells us. “They’re just trying to find Little Liars,” she was a “We started jotting down their ‘bliss’ while living in bottle-service girl in To- ideas and thought, ‘We their 20s.” ronto, booking parts when could write a book about she could. Working a this.’ So that’s kind of soulless job just to pay the what we did.” Writing it herself bills? She’s been Similar to Lauren Con- While filming keeps rad’s “L.A. Candy” series, Mitchell plenty busy, she Mitchell says much of says she has a lot of down- what happens in the time on set, which is when Meet Shay plot of the book actu- she would write. But the Mitchell and ally happened to them book is about to become — they just heightened her full-time job: She’s Michaela Blaney the drama. One charac- heading out on a nation- ter represents Mitchell, wide tour to promote it. Tonight, 6 p.m. one represents Blaney Can’t get to a signing? Barnes & Noble Tribeca and a third character is a Mitchell is giving fans an- 97 Warren St., composite of people they other way to connect with 212-587-5389 know. her. Next week, she and www.stores.barnesand- Blaney will host a YouTube noble.com Keeping it real book party, chatting with fans worldwide. Gabbing At its crux, “Bliss” is about with Mitchell? Sounds like friendship more than any- “bliss.” Shay Mitchell wrote “Bliss” with her best friend, vlogger Michaela Blaney. PROVIDED