Charlotte Lawrence has spent most of her fifteen years picking up the pieces her father keeps dropping. With Johnny Lawrence drinking his way through the days, and her brother Robby living with their mom, Char is left to survive alone-juggling school, secrets, and a heart that feels too heavy for her age.
Just when things start to look up, her dad opens a karate dojo-Cobra Kai-with the help of Miguel, her new friend who pulls her into a world of confidence, challenge, and unexpected hope. It's there she reconnects with Eli, the sweet, awkward boy she started falling for before everything changed. Before he became Hawk.
As Cobra Kai grows, so does Eli's ego-and when Johnny's old sensei John Kreese steps in, the dojo darkens. The boy Charlotte once loved becomes someone she barely recognizes, and the dojo that once felt like home turns into a battlefield.
With friendships falling apart, love turning cruel, and the lure of escape pulling her deeper into her father's vices, Charlotte has to choose: keep trying to fix what's broken-or find the strength to save herself first.
One dojo changed everything. One decision. A hundred consequences.