Blaire is a seventeen-year-old, sarcasm queen, who loves writing and dates the male character of her very own book, Jay. Unlike other seventeen-year-old teenagers, neither she likes going to parties nor she goes to them, unless her best friend, Jess, force her to.
And the day she learns that her father is marrying the woman, Cindy, who's her father's friend and also who they used to go to Sunday brunches with before her parents got divorced, she meets with someone unexpected. Someone who she hates from their first encounter. And well, who is this person? Some self- conceited jerk, who can't even apologize for something that he obviously did: small Willy. At least that's what she calls him. From the first "perfect" meeting at the Starbucks, where she's a regular btw, and the bar that she went to a "date" with Jess to rant about her messed up family, she and small Willy have some pleasant conversations.
Although they hate each other this much, fate can be strange indeed. Let's see what does fate have for these two?
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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