Told from the perspective of four troubled teens, 3 out of which are all dealing with the aftermath of a horrible accident during one of the biggest parties of the school year. You are introduced to Jakoby Ryker, the supposed "murderer" of his own ex best friend. Jak has just returned from 3 years of therapy and 'boot camp', and is looked down upon by the city and all his former friends. Fayth Neily, who was both his and his ex best friends love interest, who had a baby after everything happened, and no one knows who the father is. Then you have Ebony McEllroy, the sister of the deceased, who has been dealing with the mess Jakoby left behind all these years. And last, and certainly least, Akota Dekker, the only one out of the four who didn't witness the killing that fateful night. You learn about what happened through her perspective, after she's forced to do a story on it for the school newspaper.