Toxic Best Friend

Our friendship is a whirlwind of black-and-white sensations. It is a permanent contrast between joy and sorrow. Between restraint and abandonment. Between the extreme happiness of feeling unique and valuable when she shares a secret with me, and the piercing anguish when Niki gets angry and walks away.

Julieta’s life changes drastically when Nicole crosses her path. Niki appears confident, charismatic, bold, and after dazzling Juli in their first encounter, she becomes her classmate and new best friend. Thus begins a bond that grows increasingly intense, slowly suffocating Juli, blurring her identity, turning her into an appendage.
And though best friends swear to tell each other everything, Julieta suspects that Niki is hiding something very serious from her. She needs to recover, to rebuild her existence, but also to discover what Nicole is concealing.

Key points

• Successful trilogy that explores how unhealthy bonds can erode identity and self-esteem, as well as generate emotional dependency, especially during adolescence.
• A useful resource for identifying emotional dependencies in friendships, family, or romantic relationships, and for fostering self-awareness.
• An early prevention tool for parents and educators to help identify signs of toxic relationships in young people.
• Ideal for adolescents and young people facing social pressures, insecurities, or self-esteem issues.