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Jin-ae is an introverted modest public high school senior who escapes into fiction writing to avoid her dreary real life and nagging family. She endures bullying from classmates like popular girl Lee Ye-Jun and pressures from teachers and parents to focus more on school. Her only solace is working weekends at a quaint cafe with her friend Eun-ji and pouring her loneliness into drafts of novel she is writing.

Late one night after writing a random ending scene among many of her endless drafts about her fictional characters,  Jin-ae falls asleep and inexplicably awakens in an alternate universe as her main character Yoo Da-min. Problem, she suffers from memory loss and this version of Da-min is arrogant and defiant, unlike the sweet scholarship student Jin-ae originally wrote. As the rebel daughter of a powerful chaebol family, Da-min possesses secreted documents that could damage elite reputations, making her a target.

Thrust into Jeonghwa Academy’s cutthroat social spheres, Jin-ae must navigate tense dynamics with Da-min's rival Hyeon Haneul and former childhood friend Choi Taeyoung, all while hiding her true self and avoid unexpected troublemakers trying to undermine her, unaware she is not the real Da-min.

Jin-ae will have to look for answers about her metaphysical transition, concerned about facing the upcoming tragedy she had outlined for poor Da-Min. But the longer she inhabits this world, the more her original identity fades. Will Jin-ae lose herself forever trying to change the story’s dark fate? Or will she find a way back to the ordinary world and gain inspiration from her fantastical journey?

As Jin-ae pursues Da-min’s secreted truth while juggling scheming mothers, elite backstabbers, rivalties, love interests and an inevitable reckoning, she must call upon her courage and belief in the bonds between creator and creation. Strange inconsistencies in Jin-ae's memories also make her suspect someone may be inhabiting her original body back home—quite possibly Da-min. Walking the razor thin line separating truth and imagination, all left is guessing just what is real or fantasy in this intoxicating tale.

Table of Fall Out Love

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Volume 1