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Synopsis:
Rea Jones has always felt like a ghost in crowded rooms. Suffering from enclophobia—the fear of crowds—she dreads her first day at a new school, where the hallways are a maze of unfamiliar faces and suffocating noise. She’s convinced she’ll be invisible, just as she’s always been.
But then she meets Milo Carter, the easygoing artist who sees past her silence, and Elena Vasquez, the fierce and loyal girl who refuses to let Rea hide forever. Slowly, they draw her out of her shell, showing her that friendships aren’t as terrifying as she thought.
Just when Rea starts to believe she belongs, she makes the one mistake she swore she never would—falling for Aster Westwood, the school’s golden boy with a rebellious streak and a secret of his own. He’s everything she should avoid, tangled in drama she wants no part of, but something about him makes her feel alive in a way she never has before.
As Rea learns to navigate love, fear, and the overwhelming world around her, she must face the question she’s been running from all her life—will she let fear define her, or will she finally step out of the shadows?