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Genre: Dark Romance/New Adult
Unable to change her imperfectly plotted storyline, Michelle just couldn't when it was always the synonyms of the words that changed when she tried, but never the plot twists. The sadistic author like the clock hands, wrote fate with the strokes of the ticks, leaving no room for a change.
And somehow, she was that book, tossed in a corner of a bookshelf, on which dust settled with time as a reminder of her unaccompanied presence. The frayed ends of the pages wore out from each time, a reader would come, and read whatever appealed to them, letting her go after the bad plotline of her first - past - chapters. That was where that bookmark stuck, somewhere midway between the chapters, mistaken as the end of the story. It paralysed her into a moment in time, with her unturned pages not letting her move on to the next, that was unless someone else did.
And then he came. A reader who probably couldn't change the stroke of the pen of time, as much as she couldn't as a character in her story. But he didn't just read her either. From drawing stars on footnotes, and hearts as annotations on the margins, he highlighted and savoured her moments as if he didn't want to let go of them, just yet. He read and reread her over and over until he had memorised her enough. And somehow, she was someone's favourite book.
The feelings of falling for each other happened to break into an artwork of mosaic in the end. But when broken puzzles finally fit each other, the formed picture doesn't always come off as expected.
Disclaimer:
This story contains mature themes and suicidal thoughts/actions, drug abuse, and mental disorders, that might be triggering for some readers, therefore reader discretion is advised.
This book is affiliated with my poems, Our Elegies and Mismatch Flame.
Jaxon Gray is back in Rose Thorn Heights after he disappeared to Canada for a year. With his parents nagging him, the memory of his brother everywhere, and the constant overwhelming feeling of guilt, Jaxon is struggling big time.
Luna Stone is good at distractions. She reads and writes to take her mind off of her mother's disease. She knows when she needs to be there for her family, and she knows when she can leave and enter her own fantasy world.
When Jaxon's bad grades force the two together, they are shoved to face the reality of their personal lives. It doesn't help that Jaxon and Luna's brother despise each other, making it all the more difficult.
Will Jaxon and Luna be able to work past their obstacles? Or will the pain tear them apart before they've even begun?