The world of Chicago and the surrounding area is given just enough details in the story to make me feel like I’m there, though I never have been. I’ll go ahead and say upfront, this book needs a Trigger Warning for graphic violence. That’s why antidepressants have to be marked with the warning MAY CAUSE SUICIDAL THOUGHTS.īecause what brings you back to life also gives you the means to destroy yourself. In the deepest throes of depression, when sunlight is anguish and the sky throbs like one big raw migraine and you just want to sleep until you or everything else dies, you’re less likely to commit suicide than someone coming out of a depressive episode. And Laney is going to show them just how true. And Armin and Blythe are going to help.īecause the rumors are true.

When a ghost from her past resurfaces-the bully who broke her down completely-she decides it’s time to live up to her own legend. She’s not looking for new friends, but they find her: charming, handsome Armin, the only guy patient enough to work through her thorny defenses-and fiery, filterless Blythe, the bad girl and partner in crime who has thorns of her own.īut Laney knows nothing good ever lasts. College is her chance to start with a clean slate. If Laney could erase that whole year, she would. Mentally ill, messed up, so messed up even her own mother decided she wasn’t worth sticking around for. It only took one moment of weakness for Laney Keating’s world to fall apart. And Laney is going to show them just how true.She's going to show them all.The next dark and sexy romantic suspense novel from the USA Today bestselling author of Unteachable. And Armin and Blythe are going to help.Which was the plan all along.Because the rumors are true. When a ghost from her past resurfaces-the bully who broke her down completely-she decides it's time to live up to her own legend. College is her chance to start with a clean slate.She's not looking for new friends, but they find her: charming, handsome Armin, the only guy patient enough to work through her thorny defenses-and fiery, filterless Blythe, the bad girl and partner in crime who has thorns of her own.But Laney knows nothing good ever lasts.

Mentally ill, messed up, so messed up even her own mother decided she wasn't worth sticking around for.If Laney could erase that whole year, she would.

The next dark and sexy romantic suspense novel from the USA Today bestselling author of Unteachable.It only took one moment of weakness for Laney Keating’s world to fall apart.

Black iris by leah raeder