Sienna Russo used to be the girl who never stopped smiling. Before the whispers. Before the cruel jokes. Before being treated like she was different because she was deaf and relied on a cochlear implant to hear the world around her. High school was supposed to be a new beginning when Sienna transferred from a school for deaf students to a mainstream school. Instead, it became the place where she lost herself. Years of bullying turned the once bubbly girl into someone quiet, guarded, and afraid to let anyone get close. Now, determined to leave her past behind, Sienna moves to a new city for college and promises herself she will never be that vulnerable again. Then she meets Liam Carter. Liam is the captain of the university's ice hockey team talented, popular, and loved by everyone. He is everything Sienna tries to avoid. But when she becomes his tutor, he starts seeing the girl behind the silence. The girl who is intelligent. Kind. Strong. The girl who has spent years believing she isn't enough. As Liam slowly breaks down the walls around her heart, Sienna's past threatens to come back and destroy the new life she's built. Because falling in love is terrifying when you've spent years convincing yourself that no one will ever stay. But Liam is determined to prove her wrong.

Amelia, a young girl from a small town named Noorburg. She grew up with a struggling and awfully abysmal family. Things slowly get harder for her when she meets a boy. Throughout her teenage years she faces many struggles with her home life and school life but pushes to surmount them. This story goes over many themes and realistic struggles teens face.