All Nadzia Kaminski wanted was to finish writing her novel.When she finally finished the manuscript for Crimson Mayhem, she did what any writer would: gave it to her best friend to read. Her friend's reaction, however, wasn't what she had expected and, upset by her criticism, Nadzia left her at the café where they had met.Waking up the next morning, Nadzia was no longer in her bedroom, finding herself in a world of her creation, surrounded by dangerous magic and vaguely familiar settings.With a country at war and no clear way home, time is running out and Nadzia has to find a way to gain the trust of the very people she created and figure out her confusing feelings for two of her own characters.She soon realizes stories aren't perfect when there is no one left to write them.

At White Ravens University, where athletes train to become professional sportspeople, Alex is on the swimming team with her best friend, Xiuying. Having grown up mostly alone, parents absent and brother often busy with his own life, Alex tends not to meet new people unless she and Xiuying are together.After an embarrassing encounter with a boy from the volleyball team Alex soon discovers that the world isn't so big after all and the universe has a funny way of setting people up, especially when and with whom they're least expecting.Despite her reserved character, Alex becomes part of a newly formed friend group consisting of four amazing people with different identities and personalities. As she tries to overcome her anxiety and negative past events, Alex finds herself both struggling with romantic feelings for a new acquaintance and a full blown gender crisis.