First published 2008
Kristina Snow has everything figured out. She gets good grades, stays out of trouble, and follows the rules her junior year of high school. Her life runs smoothly until she encounters methamphetamine. The drug promises excitement and energy beyond anything she has experienced. Kristina takes that first hit and feels alive in ways she never imagined possible. The high becomes everything she wants and needs. But the monster demands more each time. What started as thrilling experimentation transforms into desperate craving. Kristina watches her perfect world crumble as the drug takes control. Her grades slip, her relationships fracture, and her carefully constructed identity dissolves. She battles for her mind and her future as addiction tightens its grip. The girl who never caused problems now faces the fight of her life.
Genres: fiction, drama, addiction, contemporary, young-adult
Vibes: dark, emotional, intimate, thought-provoking
Tropes: dark-protagonist, redemption-arc, unreliable-narrator
Setting: High School
Period: Junior Year
356 pages · Kindle Edition · Margaret K. McElderry Books
Content warnings: addiction, drug-use, substance-abuse