Isolina, central character in the novel represents the balanced group of friends. It's who cares about them and is responsible for advising them, while she herself get into trouble for it. Thus facing harassment from Alexander, a young drug dealer is arrested in the United States.
The novel is divided into thirteen chapters whose titles clearly indicate the circumstances that the characters live.
The narrator's voice from the stands Isolina character, without being in person. He knows his past, present and future. The other characters are described through the eyes of main character. However, much of the novel, and in a straightforward manner using the dialogues, the narrator leaves it to their own character voices that narrate their thoughts and what is happening in their lives and surroundings.
In the epilogue of the novel, and as predicted by the thirteenth chapter entitled "never too late to start," closes with an observation made by the characters themselves, who think about their experiences and the consequences they brought.
