In a world where most people are empaths, defining individuals on how well they can keep feelings in check, Tyler Atwood is no different. Her mindset is like everyone else's, until she loses her best friend, leading her down a path of unlikely events where she befriends Barry Carter, a transfer student with a humorous personality, Andrea Warren, a warm girl who loves sports, and Erin Yeats, her former rival who struggles to keep her emotions in check, and the four tackle life and its demons.