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Carmen Alvarez, only seventeen, fighting the monsters in her house, her heart yearning for love and gentleness.

Wren Darden, a boy lost in his own head as he tries to navigate his live in new school with his twin brother.

The time when she finds someone who'll never be anything but gentle with her.
The time when he finds someone not so hard to exist with.

The time when things could go so right or so wrong.

A story of young love, friendships and losses. When lives change, people change and leave, when everything crashes down, and the finding of those who will bring you back up.