After We Collided

After We Collided is the second book in the After series by Anna Todd, the first being After (2014). Originally published as fanfiction about the band One Direction, the romance novel follows the romantic relationship between Tessa Young and Hardin Scott, a character inspired by One Direction band member and solo artist Harry Styles. The novel was made into a movie in 2020, and the entire series is due to be turned into graphic novels by artist Pablo Andres with the first released in May of 2022.

The guide uses the Kindle e-book published by Gallery books, a division of Simon and Schuster, Inc in 2014.

Content Warning: This guide references sexual assault and violence, sexual activity, and alcoholism, and contains some quoted profanity.

Plot Summary

Tessa Young has just learned that her boyfriend of three months, Hardin Scott, initially got involved with her because of a bet he made with his friend Zed Evans to see who could take her virginity first. Zed drives her to Hardin’s family home where her best friend Landon consoles her. Tessa’s entire life is turned upside down; she doesn’t know whom to trust or if she can even return to her internship at Vance Publishing—a job she got through Hardin and his dad, Ken.