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"Sometimes you have to let life turn you upside down, to learn how to live, right side up."
Milan Lohmann's entire life is turned upside down when he has a terrible accident while skiing. He hides from the world for 8 months in total, returning to school to retake his junior year. But motivation is hard to find, knowing he lost his scholarship to a top university, lost his sponsors in skiing, and isn't able to play ice hockey either.
Milan really just wants to focus on school and getting back to his old level of skiing. But while he closes in on succeeding, someone is doing everything in their power to prevent him from making it back, and Milan has no clue who he can trust, and who can't be trusted.
How big of a coincidence is it that Ben Welsh, his biggest rival, and Lennox McAllister , Ben's so-called ex-boyfriend, show up in his life, and suddenly he gets sabotaged every step along the way?
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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