Eighteen year-old Aspen Turner grew up in Byron Bay, Australia, and is a die-hard surfer and works in the local surf shop. Being tall, tan, and drop-dead gorgeous, he's grown up surrounded by girls, but he, too, has a secret of his own. A secret hidden to almost all.
Olive Davies is seventeen-years-old and grew up in the hustling city of Albany, New York, with her work-absorbed mother. Her days filled with shopping, partying, and skipping school to fill up the emptiness that her parents called 'growing up'.
It's hard to trust someone when everyone you've grown close to has abandoned you. When an empty, broken girl and boy are faced with the concept of real, reliable love, both must open up their shattered hearts for the first time in their lives. As the saying goes; two halves make a whole.
Ella is falling apart trying to live a "perfect" high school life. Then she meets Ren, who can see past her scars. Suddenly perfection isn't her only option.
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Ella Volkov is a gifted music student, but she's depressed and starting to crack under the pressure of high school. Her overbearing father won't even let her choose what instrument she plays. Then she finds herself alone at a party with Ren, her best friend's crush. She'd always thought he was rude, but after that night he's all Ella can think about. Now she's trapped. If Ella dates Ren, it will ruin her friendship with Jenny. But if she stays true to Jenny, she's losing the one person who can see past her scars. It's up to Ella to decide if she will forge her own path, or stay in the "perfect" box designed for her...
Content and/or Trigger Warning: depression, anxiety, self-harm, violence, sexual assault.
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