9.2Julie has avoided new relationships since an earlier heartbreak made trust difficult. College life still offers the support of her childhood friend Kelsey, despite a falling-out with their friend Preston. When Kelsey returns from a summer holiday with a new boyfriend, the familiar circle begins to change.
8.4At eighteen, Nowo and Moha receive locker keys in the mysterious orphan sanctuary Hope of Astria. The keys open a portal to a withered world. Guided by fairy guardians Lane and Talaa, they begin discovering their role in defending it against a dark realm.
8.3Seventeen-year-old David is an academically successful but socially overlooked high-school student. With two friends and a twin sister around him, he begins telling the story of a crush. His first-person account focuses on uncertainty, missed possibilities and the hopes attached to school life.