From author Josefina Gutierrez of The Shadow of Loss comes a new New-Adult contemporary love story. I thought my life began when I graduated high school and moved far, far away-okay three hours away. But I was wrong. My life didn't start until it almost ended. I'm Cristal Escobedo, twenty-two years old and a former wild child who favors tequila far too much. But that all changed when life happened, and I ended up being responsible for my younger brothers. To top it all off, I think I'm falling in love with my best friend-dammit. This is my not-so-happy story of how I grew up and got my shit together. My story isn't filled with a bunch of pretty analogies or hyperboles. The people are real, the hurt is deep, and the love is complicated. People are flawed in the ways that matter; it's what makes us human.