PRETTY LIES & POPULAR GUYSAt Blackthorne Academy, the hottest boys have the dirtiest secrets.Everyone wants to be popular.Everyone wants to be untouchable.And everyone has something to hide.When seventeen-year-old Elias Okafor arrives at Blackthorne Academy on a scholarship, he has no intention of becoming part of its social hierarchy. He just wants good grades, a fresh start, and a future that doesn't resemble his family's troubled past.Then an anonymous account called THE BELL publishes a message that changes everything.THE NEW BOY'S SISTER DIDN'T LEAVE BLACKTHORNE BY CHOICE. ASK THE GOLDEN BOY WHY.Suddenly, Elias is the school's favourite scandal.Adrian Cross, Blackthorne's charming and infuriatingly popular captain, wants him gone. Mason Reed, the boy who becomes his unexpected friend, is hiding something. And Zara Bennett, the beautiful student council president who seems to know everyone worth knowing, might be the only person willing to help him uncover the truth.But Zara has secrets of her own.As parties turn into battlegrounds, friendships become weapons, and anonymous posts expose one lie after another, Elias discovers that the people everyone admires are not necessarily the people they should trust.And the more he learns about Blackthorne's golden boys, the harder it becomes to tell the difference between a genuine apology and another carefully rehearsed lie.At this school, popularity is power.Love is complicated.And the truth?The truth could destroy them all.