My Fault

My Fault is a contemporary young adult romance novel by Mercedes Ron, an Argentinian-born, Spanish author. Ron originally published the book in Spanish in 2017 on the social media website Wattpad, and it has since been translated into over 10 languages and published in English as My Fault. The novel is the first installment in Ron’s Culpable series and incorporates the enemies to lovers and forced proximity romance tropes. The novel was adapted into the film, Culpa Mía, by Amazon Prime in 2023, which received the best three-day viewership statistics for a non-English production in the company’s history. Told from main characters Noah and Nick’s alternating first-person points of view, the novel explores themes including the Search for Home and Belonging, The Relationship Between Love and Hate, and Overcoming Past Trauma.

This guide refers to the 2023 Bloom Books paperback edition of the novel.

Content Warning: The source material and this guide feature depictions of substance use, child abuse, and physical and emotional abuse.

Plot Summary

Noah Morgan and her mom, Raffaella Morgan, drive from their home in Toronto, Canada, to their new home in Los Angeles, California.