Estranged from her father and suffering a toxic relationship with her mother, Moon relies on her grandmother for emotional sustenance and is desperate to escape. But when her plans fall apart, she find herself making a bargain that she never expected to.

There is only one person who seems to really care about her, and that is Joon, a boy she needs at school. With everyone in her life having let her down one way or another, can Winter Moon trust that this relationship will be any different?

An insightful look into Korean culture and values and the price they can extract from an individual's life when things go wrong, this will appeal to readers interested in multicultural themes, YA stories, and family dynamics. It gets 3.5 stars.