When Y/N receives a mysterious scholarship to the prestigious Blackwood Academy, they expect a fresh startβnot whispered rumors, hidden passages, and students who seem to know more than theyβre willing to admit. As strange events unfold, Y/N is drawn into a dangerous mystery while navigating friendships, rivalries, and four unforgettable love interests. Every choice uncovers another secretβ¦ but some secrets were never meant to be found.
When your English teacher assigns an independent reading project, you donβt expect it to change your life. The only rule is that you have to choose a book from the old, nearly forgotten section of the town libraryβa place where faded covers, yellowed pages, and handwritten checkout cards tell stories of their own. The first book you borrow has a small note written in pencil in the margin. βI wonder if anyone else still checks this book out.β Without thinking, you write back. βApparently they do.β You donβt expect a reply. But when you return the book a week later and check it out again, thereβs another message waiting. Soon, the margins become your favorite part of every book. You and the mysterious stranger debate endings, recommend novels, confess fears, and slowly begin sharing pieces of yourselves. You never exchange names, ages, or social media. Instead, you create a simple rule: let the books tell your story. Months pass, and your anonymous conversations become the highlight of every week. The stranger remembers every detail you mentionβfrom your dream of leaving your small town to your favorite rainy-day songs and the fact that you secretly write stories you never let anyone read. In return, they reveal bits of themselves: they love astronomy, stay awake far too late, sketch whenever theyβre nervous, and feel invisible despite always being surrounded by people. The mystery only grows when school starts again. A new student joins your grade. Quiet, observant, and always carrying a worn backpack filled with books, they somehow seem familiar. They notice the same tiny details you once mentioned in the margins, recommend the exact novels your anonymous friend loved, and finish your favorite quotes before you can. Every coincidence makes you wonder if theyβre the person youβve been writing toβ¦ or if youβre just imagining it because you want the mystery to end. As your friendship grows, so do the complications. Misunderstandings
Your family owes the Riddles a life debt. To repay it, youβre forced to move into the Riddle estate for the summer. Mattheo, Tom, Theo, Blaise, Lorenzo, and Draco all live there, and none of them are thrilled about itβespecially Mattheo, whose room youβre accidentally given.
Everyone knows you and Asher canβt stand each other. What they donβt know is that youβre the only person who knows what really happened that summer. And Asher has spent the last three years making sure you never tell anyone.
