In Jodi Picoult’s, The Pact, the reader is taken on a journey into the lives of the Hartes and the Golds. The two families were practically one, having done everything together since the arrival of both of their first-borns. As time went on, Emily Gold and Christ Harte became more than just best friends. Their budding feelings for each other turned into a fairytale love story. Everything was going perfectly for the couple until Emily was found dead and Chris was the only witness. Chris claims that it was a foiled suicide pact. This leads both families to question how well they knew their children, which sends some into a spiralling path of regret and denial, and others on a journey to find the truth.
The two families are torn apart, fighting