![]() ![]() Friends since age twelve, the girls start moving in different directions at the start of their sophomore year of high school. In When You Were Everything, we witness the pain and sorrow and rage that occurs when besties forever, Cleo and Layla, fall apart. In When You Were Everything, the focus is on friendship - or more specifically, on the end of friendship.įew things are more traumatic for teen girls that losing a best friend. It’s refreshing to read a contemporary YA novel where romance takes a backseat. ![]() Despite budding new friendships with other classmates-and a raging crush on a gorgeous boy named Dom-Cleo’s turbulent past with Layla comes back to haunt them both.Īlternating between time lines of Then and Now, When You Were Everything blends past and present into an emotional story about the beauty of self-forgiveness, the promise of new beginnings, and the courage it takes to remain open to love. But pretending Layla doesn’t exist isn’t as easy as Cleo hoped, especially after she’s assigned to be Layla’s tutor. Now, Cleo wants to erase every memory, good or bad, that tethers her to her ex–best friend. ![]() Nearly a month since Cleo realized they’ll never be besties again. It’s been twenty-seven days since Cleo and Layla’s friendship imploded. You can’t rewrite the past, but you can always choose to start again. ![]()
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