Ivy Atwell preffered National georaphics magazines over barbie, documentaries over disney, and the memory of tribes over friends. Now at seventeen, no one seems to understand her strange antics and awkward ways, and she decides to go to Mexico where her dreams of researching historical tribes lay.
In hopes to save up money for her expidition, Ivy pushes past her fear of people and gets a job as a blind womans assistant, where she meets Aiden, the one person who seems capable of pulling from her world of sheltered knowledge and branching out to the unknown.
Forced to go through his life with nothing but stares of pity and disgust, Aiden hides behind the idea that humanity is doomed. After his accident, nothing had ever been the same, especially his face but when Ivy comes into his life like an unsure whirlind, he cant help but wonder if she too can look past what the fire had turned him into.
Together they struggle past their lonely worlds and discover a facinating bond, secrets best left hidden, insicurities made to brake, and what to say to a cukoo bird at midnight.
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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