About the Story...
There's always that moment when you stare into the mirror and wonder if you'll ever be enough. For Sylpha, that moment comes almost every day. With her pimples, bushy eyebrows, and awkward bunny teeth, she feels like she's always in the background-especially when compared to her best friend, Almira, the perfect girl who seems to have it all.
Things take a turn when the guy Sylpha has secretly liked for years, Seth Adrian Monteverde, asks Almira out on a date. Suddenly, Sylpha's insecurities come crashing down harder than ever. She's always been the quiet, invisible girl, but now, the sting of being second best is harder to ignore.
As Sylpha navigates high school life, friendships, and the feeling of being overshadowed, she's forced to face her deepest doubts about herself. Can she ever step out of the shadows of her own insecurities? And will she ever realize that she is enough, even if no one else seems to notice?
In the Shadow of the Doubt is a heartfelt coming-of-age story about self-acceptance, friendship, and the journey of discovering your worth in a world that sometimes makes you feel invisible.
"I'm telling you that I'm not just being paranoid, everything leads to this. You're my best friend, and you have to believe me, I'm not imagining things."
"No, you always do this, you always play detective, and I'm honestly getting tired of this, when will you stop trying to live in one of your thriller novels? You have to wake up, this is real life and I'm finally happy. Why do you have to do this every time?"
"I'm not doing anything, even you can't deny that things have been strange from the moment we stepped foot here, I'm afraid. You have seen the notes I got. That person is coming after me next."
"No, I'm done with you and your constant worries. I can no longer keep up with you, so I'm simply done."
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Aurora is a teenage girl who did everything she could to get accepted into her dream university.
Esperanza University.
The university that was supposed to be the gateway to all the dreams she wanted to achieve after graduating.
Little did she know that it would not be the gateway to anything but to her own personal hell, just like the ones she always reads about in her thriller novels but always thought were too fictional to happen in real life.
Join Aurora in her adventure as she uncovers dark unexpected secrets and faces many enemies all while trying to solve the mysteries that get thrown her way.
Status: completed
Started: 6/9/2020
Finished: 12/5/2021