3.5 
 Are you still looking for a follow-up read to The Perks of Being a Wallflower? Well, we've got you covered. I am disappointed to see the Goodreads summary no longer has the line of copy that pulled me so strongly to this book: "This is the story of a girl, her gay best friend, and the boy in love with both of them." And I didn't need any more than that. I was in. 
 Granted, there is a lot more than that. Mira is staring a new school, St. Francis, after nasty depression that had her hospitalized the year before. Jeremy is just returning to St. Francis after an awful even and consequent bullying led him to skip out on the end of the last year. Debby doesn't go to St. Francis. He doesn't really go a lot of places, except where Mira goes. At least, until his world begins to spiral out of control more as well. All three form a friendship that, for a while at least, saves them. 
 In a year where I seemed to read a decent number of books that explored mental illness, Fans of the Impossible Life does it in its own way. This book is forward thinking and new. And yet it also feels rooted in something older. It almost feels like it exits outside of a time setting, even while establishing one. 
 I have read lots of reviews exploring the friendship between Mira, Sebby, and Jeremy. And honestly, I was prepared for some more pushback because when reading it I was like, "Are we getting an ot3 in YA? Is this a thing that is happening right now?" The lines of the relationships between these three characters are blurred as all get out. As they are meant to be. And it feels truthful. These three characters are desperately clinging to each other because they are what are keeping the others grounded. 
 Some pacing felt a little slower than necessary, pulling some of the urgency from the narrative. And there were some plot twists at the end that made me sad. Overall though, I enjoyed this novel. 
 This book deserves an award simply for writing the first 2nd person POV I haven't absolutely hated. The novel uses a different POV for each of our main characters. And it works.