When I first read about Wild Awake I was super excited to read it. The cover looked gorgeous and the synopsis sounded different and interesting. While I did enjoy my reading experience, I was never really as blown away as others were. 
 One thing I can completely agree with others about is Hilary T. Smith's writing. Like Kiri throughout most of the book, the writing is very much strange but mesmerizing. It fits into the stream of consciousness type of writing, which I found really worked with Kiri considering her state of mind for most of the book. 
 While some people might be uncomfortable with the explicit use of drugs in this book, or any other book, I'm not. Whether you like it or not, drugs are used everyday by so many people, young and old, and I didn't find that it detracted from the characters or the situations at all. Due to recent events and where her head was at at that point, I found it understandable why she holed herself up with drugs and music. She needed comfort and a safe place and she found it there. 
 While I really wanted to love this book more, I just wasn't pushed to that point. But that's okay because I still found it enjoyable. Like I said before the writing was amazing, the romance between Kiri and Skunk was sweet and unpredictable, and the narration was often witty and funny. Definitely worth a shot if you're looking for a different type of contemporary!