After her parents refuse to let her follow her dream, Liz Greening decides to take revenge, by getting herself expelled and ruining the family's reputation. She will be the worst student the school has ever seen and she will pull every prank she can think of. Except, she hadn't counted on her new teacher.

'Pain isn't remotely kind in that way. Pain wants its promised pound of flesh, ounce for ounce. It won't settle until you're left with nothing but a flaky shell of who you were. The burn of betrayal and the sting of rejection hurt, but nothing compares to the pain of being empty. Nothing hurts worse than not hurting at all and it makes no sense and perfect sense at the same time and I'm convinced I'm going crazy and I'm actually okay with that.'