In this follow-up novel to the bestselling Ten Tiny Breaths, Livie Cleary faces a new set of challenges as she navigates freshman year at Princeton, wild parties, and the gorgeous rowing team captain who is everything she doesnāt want in a guyāor so she thinksā¦
āMake me proud.ā These were the last words Livieās father ever spoke to her. In the seven years since her parentsā tragic death, Livie has done her best to live up to this standard through her every choice, word, and action, while looking after her sister with strength and maturity. But with college right around the corner, unexpected challenges will test her resilienceāand her heart.
Livie walks into Princeton with a solid plan, and sheās dead set on delivering on it: Rock her classes; set herself up for medical school; and meet a good, respectable guy to someday marry. Her plan definitely does not include Jell-O shots; a lovable, party animal roommate she canāt say ānoā to; or Ashton, the arrogantāand extremely attractiveācaptain of the menās rowing team who makes Livieās usually nonexistent temper flare. Worse, heās best friends and roommates with Connor, who happens to fit Livieās criteria perfectly. So why does she keep thinking about Ashton?
As Livie finds herself facing mediocre grades, career aspirations she no longer thinks she can handle, and feelings for Ashton that she shouldnāt have, sheās forced to let go of her last promise to her father, and, with it, the only identity sheās ever known.