** spoiler alert ** 
 Look, I really wanted to like this book. 
 The first half was almost perfect. Aysel's "black slug" descriptions of how depression feels and affects you were spot on and both she and Roman made solid, convicting characters. 
 And then... 
 And then, instead of focusing on Aysel realising that life can be good, that she has a future, that she is not inherently bad, all of which would make for a much better story, *drumroll* *trumpets* romance. Teenage love saved the day once again and Big Bad Depression was exiled from the kingdom, never to be seen again. 
 "Love will save/cure you" is a recurring theme in YA and here it didn't even bother me as much as in other books. It's just that this genre needs to stop with the notion that love is the answer to all your problems. Apart from that, a pretty interesting, fast flowing read. Definitely got me invested in the characters.