When seventeen-year-old Alex's dad dies, it feels like her entire world stops-only it doesn't. Her family moves on as if nothing happened, and Alex feels pressured to do the same. She starts dating the quarterback of the football team, going to parties, and getting ready for the big homecoming dance-all in hopes that her life will turn back around. The more she gets used to the raves and recognition, the less time she has to think about her father-even if it's at the cost of her own identity.

Then she meets Camerona boy who quickly finds his way under her skin and into her heart and suddenly, Alex is reminded that grief, like her heart, is not something to keep locked away.