Chasing colour, heat, and whatever lies just beyond the familiar, Ophelia leaves Amsterdam behind and steps into a life she can’t fully predict.

Guided by unlikely encounters and a chain of coincidences that feel almost deliberate, she travels alone to Lanzarote, then onward through Arizona and California, before ultimately landing in Bali. There, in the wake of heartbreak, she pushes back against the shape her life has taken—testing her limits, provoking change, and circling one persistent question: how quickly can everything turn, and where does the brink actually begin?

Violet Syrup is Sophia Molen’s debut novel—intimate, shadowed, and quietly philosophical. A love letter to living for those who feel intensely and think without pause.