"I can't seem to forget her, everything about her"
"You don't know anything about her"
"I do"
"You spent one night together, stop being so foolish. These stupid things about fate and destiny aren't true. I thought you knew that"
"I did, but I changed my mind. I'm going to find out who she is"
"She told you not to"
"I don't care, I need to know who she is before it's too late, maybe if I find out I can change my opinion about her" that was a lie, I was only saying that, so he'd help me.
"Alright, but how?"
After one night with an unusual girl, Adam seems to become restless, he may not know who she is, but he knows other things about her, things no one else knows. Things that pull him towards her and can't seem to escape his mind. There is one thing for sure that scares him... she's not like the other girls he's met. She's Muslim.
This book is not mean to offend anyone, just a different story than the ones I normally hear.
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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