"So," he started, "what do you think about love?"
Hmm. "Well, I guess it just...."
"What?" he asked curiously.
"happens."
He laughed at my answer. "That's it? 'It just happens'? Seriously?"
I slapped him in the arm and tried to compose myself. This boy always ticks me off and gets on my nerves! Ugh! I mean, what is wrong with that? If you would ask me personally, it would be a totally different answer. You know why?
Because love sucks. It sucks so bad.
Lyla Grace Meadow is not your ordinary teenager, she's a blogger and a famous Wattpad author, hence the pen name, The Poet. She concealed the identity of this person, and she tried so hard. Then she spends time with the school player, and her mortal enemy, Luke Gabriel Miller. As she gets to know him more, she finds herself changing her perception about love. But when that crumbles down once more, would you give that person no choice to take? Or repeat The Poet's Mistake?
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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