"Baby, look. We're like a rollercoaster. Sure, we've had our ups and down, we've had times when we regret ever starting this. But at the end we want to do it all over again".
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Yeah, we all know the cliché.
The good girl, the bad boy.
Girl falls for the bad boy.
He falls for the good girl.
He changes his bad boy ways for her.
...
Blah, blah, blah.
Yada, Yada, Yada.
No one cares.
If that's the type of book you want, this book is not for you.
This type of thing is unexpected.
It's the story of the bad girl and the bad boy.
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She is broken into a million pieces.
He is shattered like broken glass.
But then why do they fit each other, like jigsaw pieces?
Why do they complete each other, like Yin and Yang?
She was pure and so was he.
He was good and she was too.
He became tainted with evil and slowly she followed.
She became sad, depressed, pitiful and he followed soon after her.
They are the same 'crowd' but they do not know each other.
They both hold up strong façades, but look into their eyes, they are slowly dying inside.
•amazing cover by @spitefully
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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