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Amid the noisy, smoky clubs hosting punk rock shows, a chance meeting between an aspiring musician and a quirky but magnetic girl blossoms into a fast romance. He finds himself immediately caught up in her unique perspective on life yet also feels the need to protect her from her own issues. Scar (short for Scarlet) and Kid (her instant pet name for him) are a wild, unpredictable pair, but their love is unquestionable. As Kid’s career begins to take off, so does his family, as Scar learns that she is pregnant. When faced with a sudden and unexpected tragedy in what should have been a joyful moment, Kid has to find the strength to carry on in a world forever changed by the presence of one special person.
This story carries a chaotic, youthful energy from the beginning that perfectly encapsulates the world its characters live in. Scar and Kid are always just a few steps from broke, creating their own happiness through time spent together and making their own rules as they go. Things develop quickly between the young lovers, and so the story itself moves briskly, with cinematic moments marked by timestamps and song lyrics. The text and dialogue are evocative, and readers can easily imagine it playing out naturally and even evolving from beyond what’s presented on the page. At its heart, this is a story about something beautiful that’s over far too soon, and readers will get caught up in all the emotional swings that come with the narrative’s ups and downs before realizing they’ve arrived at the end of the book and finding they want more.