This book contains profanity and sexual activities.
Juliette Ferrars is a 17-year-old girl whose touch is lethal and will kill anyone who touches her skin for long enough. Juliette is placed in an asylum 264 days prior to the start of the book after accidentally killing a small boy with her touch when she was 14. At the start of the book, there are many intentional strikethroughs and the writing is often erratic in order to serve a visual representation of the chaos in Juliette’s mind.
To her surprise, Juliette gets a cellmate who goes by the name of Adam Kent. He reminds Juliette of someone distant she used to know, however she convinces herself otherwise. At first, Adam and Juliette remain distant with each other but become closer over the week as Juliette shows him the ways of the asylum.