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"Sometimes love is not enough."
With a complicated relationship with her mother, a loud household, an unrequited love and a scholarship to get, Iris Kingston thinks she already has enough on her plate.
But life has a wicked sense of humor, doesn't it?
Doubts surrounding her beloved group of friends start to arise, her childhood friend comes back with mysteries of his own, her ex turns up and problems are suddenly a part of her daily life.
How would she deal with everything without summoning her past's demons?
This is the journey of Iris as she navigates through tangled feelings, heartbreak, pain and the weight of expectations. Does happiness wait for her at the end? Can she find love amidst all this mess?
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[Completed in 2018, Edited in 2020]
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