❝Feelings can indeed mess us up.❞ I pursed my lips. ❝Well, a true literature student should know that and as your English teacher I'm impressed that you do.❞ He passed me a polite smile. ❝But why do they, you know, mess us up?❞ ❝I'm afraid I only happen to specialise in literature not the human heart, Miss McAllister.❞ Seventeen year old Malyn McAllister's life turns upside down after the arrival of a new English teacher at her school and the fact that he makes that hellhole of a school a little more bearable for her may just be the reason for the two to connect and maybe even get closer.