Seventeen and three-fourths year-old Corbin Pintig has his life carefully planned out in a journal: to enter his dream school at 18, finish medical school with Latin Honors at 28, and finally become a world-famous, triple-board certified cardiologist at 30. He likes everything that is neatly placed, on time, and scheduled ahead. But when a small enrollment mistake happened, the same day he met a visual arts student and a chaos of a man named Andy Pintado, all his meticulous plans went flying all over the place.
To set things right, Corbin must survive his freshman year in a school located in a far, strange place, a jungle full of weird kids, crazy cultures, wild love stories, and an awful lot of college drama. All while he tries to fight off his growing fondness for the visual arts student he just met.
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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