way2breezy88
The crash was supposed to kill them.
Instead, it stranded them.
When the smoke clears, Charlotte finds herself trapped on a deserted island with no adults, no way home, and more than twenty-five boys who don't know what they're doing. As the only girl among them, she becomes an outsider from the very beginning. Every attempt to prove she's just as capable is met with suspicion, ridicule, or silence. No matter how much she gives, she's never truly one of them.
Then there's Roger.
Quiet. Observant. Unsettling. The boy everyone keeps their distance from.
For reasons neither of them can explain, Charlotte and Roger understand each other in a way no one else does. They're two sides of the same coin-equally intelligent, fiercely independent, and carrying darkness they don't dare put into words. While the island slowly strips away the rules of civilization, their bond grows stronger, blurring the line between friendship, loyalty, and something far more dangerous.
As fear turns to violence and innocence gives way to cruelty, Charlotte is forced to choose where she stands. But getting close to Roger means witnessing the boy he's becoming... and deciding whether she can save him, or if he'll pull her into the darkness with him.
On an island where monsters aren't hiding in the jungle but living inside the survivors themselves, belonging may come at a terrible cost.