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Celeste is the talk of the town when she moves to Montana from Montreal, but the only friend she makes is Vivvy, the heir to the town’s name and a social pariah. Inspired by a passion-fueled school incident, they begin writing a love-story fan fic between the popular guy and the school stoner, one that gradually reveals Celeste’s past. While their bond makes Celeste feel safe and alive again, Vivvy keeps prodding Celeste to turn fantasy into reality. When they finally try, one drunken night on a dark mountainside, Celeste is the one who ends up kissing golden boy Joss. And Joss ends up dead. Celeste doesn’t remember the end of that night and can’t be sure she didn’t deliver the killing blow. Could she still be that scared of getting close to a boy? Secrets are hard to keep in a small town, and even Vivvy seems to suspect her. Exploring the winding passages of the cave where Joss died, Celeste learns he had his own dark secrets, as does Vivvy. The town isn’t as innocent as it appears.
Publication Year: 2022
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While it is a heavy topic, I really thought that Harrison provided Celeste a good outlet in her writing to explore her feelings, especially because they were private thoughts only shared with her friend. And even though I don’t like listening to anything while reading, I LOVE making playlists. Here is one to compliment the book.
Spotify Playlist:
I’m Just a Kid - Simple Plan
Possession - Sarah McLachlan
Secrets - P!nk
The More You Ignore Me, the Closer I Get - Morrissey
Jealous - Labrinth
Cool Kids - Echosmith
Tell Me You Love Me - Demi Lovato
Man Down - Rihanna
Teenagers - My Chemical Romance
Mon Histoire - Alain Boublil, Claude-Michel Schönberg
0Thanks to NetGalley for allowing me the chance to read this digital ARC!!!
I had such a fun time with this book, in spite of its often times dark subject matter… or maybe sometimes BECAUSE of it. This story had so. much. going on and I loved how it was written and broken up into past and present day chapters. The characters were intriguing and familiar. The story kept me guessing and hooked at every turn. I really, really enjoyed it.
I did not give it 5 stars because I would’ve liked a little more of backstory on certain things and at the end, the relationship between Vivvy and Celeste was very blurry to me. Then again, that may be exactly what Margot wanted us to feel about it.
There are mentions of some potentially triggering things and some violence but overall, it wasn’t too heavy for me. I recommend checking the CW/TW before reading though just to be safe.
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