Picture a perfect town somewhere near the beach, the girls spend the summer tanning on the beach and the winter shopping in the mall and going to the movies, the boys surfing in the summer and playing sport in the winter. Now picture two extremely similar families with one difference, the children.
Aria is a queen bee, everyone loves her, she is a stereotypical girl.
Iris is a dork, everyone avoids her,
she is the compleat opposite of Aria, ( think Xbox mine craft in her free time)
But both girls have problems, no one knows about, Aria is suffering from depression and an eating disorder, to make things worse her parents HATE each other and they are destroying Aria and her brother.
Iris is a drug addict, when she isn't playing mine craft, she is sneaking around the back streets of town buying Illegal drugs.
Then their parents find out and everything goes horribly wrong..........
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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