Morgan Arleigh can see the future. Intense visions that allow her to see the future more clearly than any other seer, let alone one who's only fourteen years old. Unable to control what she sees, she drops a letter into her mailbox. Her letter is answered, and the wizards of Makhell come to find apprentices in her town.
Savvy Bird hears of their appearance, and leaps on a chance to get what she's wanted for a while. Powerless, Savvy heard that the Makhell wizards could help her learn if she was honored as one of their apprentices. So she heads straight for the convention.
Amber Jolin has weak healing powers. However, as a deadly illness hovers over the head of her little brother, she knows she has to do something as he begins to sink into a coma. At the convention she meets Savvy and Morgan, where they hit it off.
However, none of the three girls are chosen as an apprentice - but they each get a letter from a school called haunted, evil, and long-abandoned. Desperate for help, each with their own reasons, they go and learn at the Forbidden School.
They soon find out what they have learned and known all their lives is nothing like the truth. The wizards of Makhell have some deadly secrets, and the girls can stop them. In a coming-of-age story taking place in an alternate dimension, it explores the ties of friendship, the power of lies, and the ability to change the present - and alter the future.
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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