At first glance Taylor Ford is an average teenage girl going through average highschool issues, bullying, boyfriends, friendships, and secrets,
but she isn't. She harbours, not a dark secret, but darkness itself. She likes the darkness, embraces it, loves it. When her parents died 5 years before, she smiled. She seems like an emotionless freak, well that's because she is.
Taylor Ford doesn't have feelings. She has the darkness instead, but, that's just as good, right?
Watch Taylor change, as she begins to truly understand herself, her darkness, and how the two affect each other.
A short book of thoughts from a girl dealing with darkness, every chapter; a new topic, a new residing thought, all leading up to truly understanding ' the darkness within'.
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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