Mexican American Jo wants her next life stage to be filled with passion and heart, even if she has no idea which path will lead her to it. Trying to find answers to who she is and what she wants, she arranges an incognito meeting in another city with her walk-away mother. Now, she needs to figure out how to get there. Meanwhile, she must deal with her senior year feels, her dad's insistence that a stable uncreative career path is her only option, and the impossibility of getting this mystical girl Alex out of her mind. All of it with her best friend and pain in the ass package deal Rachel by her side.
Music makes Jo feel alive and completely herself. It is the one thing that helps her lightning thoughts and rushed emotions make any sense at all. Except she doesn't know it. Well, she does know, but she doesn't know, yet. Jo is about to find herself doing things beyond her wildest dreams, learning life can change anytime in ways you never expect it, if you simply listen.
Certain chapters are intended to be read while listening to a song. A playlist is ready to go for the reader to enjoy on any streaming service. The title of the song and its artist will be show when it's time to hit play. The music gets you into the character's head and heart. It invites you to experience life as Jo lives it. It is an element that speaks what cannot be said with words.
Elliot Jensen and Elliot Fintry have a lot in common. They share the same name, the same house, the same school, oh and they hate each other but, as they will quickly learn, there is a fine line between love and hate.