Summary

The novel is divided up into three sections that are broken up into unnumbered chapters that alternate between the two narrators, Elle and Darien. Part One begins with Elle’s narration. She is in the kitchen making coffee for her stepmother. After Elle’s father died, he left the house to her, but her stepmother Catherine has the deed and uses it as leverage to make Elle listen to everything she says. Catherine is a heartless wedding planner who cares only about image and status. Catherine tells Elle to go outside and quiet the neighbor’s dog down. Elle goes outside and pets Franco, who she fantasizes about running away to California with. After she graduates, she wants to go to LA and study screenwriting. In her spare time, she blogs about her favorite show, Starfield, which she used to watch with her...