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The world is complicated and people even more so. Everything in the present and future is nothing but intimidating and unpredictable, and Ashlyn Artwell doesn't know any other way to navigate modern life than to consume every piece of history she can find. If history can repeat, personalities can, too, right?
History might help Ashlyn, but not everyone finds her historical obsession endearing. Especially not her soon-to-be step-brother, Marcus Halloway. Ashlyn figures the best she can do is avoid Marcus and keep referencing history to her heart's content. But all that changes when she ends up tutoring August Nightspade, Marcus' best friend.
The more time she spends with August, the more the present doesn't seem all that scary. But that doesn't stop Ashlyn from clinging onto history when she doesn't trust herself to make her own personal history. And the more she clings to history, the more she realizes the difference between past and present.
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