A Scatter of Light by Malinda Lo

After an online photo scandal derails her summer plans , eighteen-year-old Aria stays with her grandmother in California , where she discovers a passion for art and falls in love with her grandmother's gardener, Steph. 

This book contains: activism, alcohol, alternate gender/sexual ideologies (includes polyamory), anxiety, body shaming, bullying, controversial cultural, gender, historical, racial, religious and social commentary, death/grief, deception, derogatory terms, discrimination, drugs, dubious consent, erotica (themes), explicit sexual activities/nudity, gender dysphoria, misogyny, non-sexual nudity, profanity, sex exploitation sexism, sexual dialogue, smoking, toxic relationships and victim shaming.