Turns out, Hardin's dad is not actually Ken, but Christian Vance (yes, of Tessa's job at Vance Publishing) who was his father's best friend in college while they all lived in England. Like the previous books, it ends with a cliffhanger. There's also quite a harrowing moment where Tessa's supposed friends drug her and film her being sexually assaulted as part of a "revenge" plan. Hardin sabotages Tessa's apartment rental in Seattle just days before she's supposed to move there for her dream job, uses another girl (who happens to be queer) to make Tessa jealous and they ultimately have a massive break up.
The novel goes to some extremely concerning places, which obv we'd say should never fly in an IRL relationship. The trouble with Tessa's dad informs the plot of After We Fell and the other 850 pages are filled with friendship drama, Tessa struggling with her desire to move to Seattle and yet hold onto Hardin, and the pair struggling with their relationship dynamic. Tessa sees similarities between her father who struggles with addiction and Hardin's father, Ken, who struggles with alcohol and is separated from Hardin's mother.
Tessa tries to reconcile with her father, though Hardin warns her against this idea, and ends up letting him stay at her and Hardin's shared apartment. Okay so, once again the plot of After We Fell is dramatic, but mainly showcases the fraught dynamic between Tessa and Hardin. And rather than being understanding, he turns to sabotage. The one person she should be able to rely on, Hardin, is furious when he discovers the massive secret she’s been keeping. Tessa’s life as it begins to come unglued. You can read a snippet of the book's blurb below: The novel After We Fell opens after the cliffhanger ending of After We Collided, where Tessa runs into her estranged father.
The next two novels in Todd's series again follow the intricacies of Tessa and Hardin's relationship, meaning Josephine Langford and Hero Fiennes Tiffin will be reprising their roles. While we don't know for sure if the films will exactly follow the plot of Todd's next two books in the series we reckon they're a pretty good road map. So now we're begging the question - what's going to happen in the next movies?