Mara and Owen are as close as twins can get, so when Mara's friend Hannah accuses Owen of rape, Mara doesn't know what to think. Can her brother really be guilty of such a violent act? Torn between her family and her sense of right and wrong, Mara feels lost, and it doesn't help that things are strained with her ex-girlfriend, Charlie. As Mara, Hannah, and Charlie come together in the aftermath of this terrible crime, Mara must face a trauma from her own past and decide where Charlie fits into her future. With sensitivity and openness, this timely novel confronts the difficult questions surrounding consent, victim blaming, and sexual assault.
2019 Popsugar Reading Challenge 33. A book with an astrology term in the title
“I told him to stop, Mara.” My eyes well with tears, but I let them come. They feel right. So do the words in my head, so I let them come too. “I know you did.” My belief seems to break her. It breaks me, too. To believe one person is to disbelieve another.
— About the aftermath of a sexual assault told in the perspective of the victim’s best friend, who is also the perpetrator’s sister. A beautiful, cathartic, and important read.
