hannah shows up at WashU with meds packed and a plan: stay stable and write something brilliant and finally get it together. but then she meets justine - rich and magnetic and a little terrifying and suddenly everything starts tilting sideways.

justine pulls her in… deep. and when things start to unravel - academically and emotionally and reality-wise - hannah’s not sure who’s to blame.

now hannah’s on the road with eli (justine’s ex), and justine’s body is behind them. maybe… probably.

she’s pretty sure someone killed justine.

and she’s pretty sure it might’ve been her.

what an absolute nightmare of an experience hannah went through. i felt it in my bones.

brilliant portrayal of mania and unraveling mental states. unreliable narrator with unreliable characters.

justine is the actual worst but then again… who is justine? is any of this real?

is this a fight club situation? hannah is justine is amelia is eli is… hannah?

honestly i hated every character but i couldn’t stop reading. the whole time I was spiraling right along with hannah and wondering: is any of this real or are we fully in a manic break?

also - eli... i wanted to know so much more about his back story.

dark and dizzying and weirdly addictive.

grab your copy: out on 9/23/25

(3.75/5 stars)