The elementals / Block, Francesca Lia

Tackling the challenges of college while her mother battles cancer, Ariel struggles with memories of her friend who disappeared years earlier and finds answers in relationships with three residents of an old house in Berkeley.

College student Ariel Silverman, is haunted by the disappearance of her best friend, Jeni, who vanished without a trace a few years before. She meets three mysterious, beautiful and seductive young people and through them Ariel unravels the mystery of her best friend's disappearance.