We learn her story in stages as the chapters are set in treatment step orders and reveal more as she opens up in therapy and group therapy. Her boyfriend got her hooked on pills and heroin, she met Kurt amongst all the other high fliers as she's an heiress but was it love or using her for her money?
We also discover her turbulent family life growing up with her father's endless affairs and the drama surrounding each time he was caught and how her mum struggled with her anger towards her husband as their failing relationship failed. We also learn of her friendship troubles especially with old friend Antonella.
There's plenty of drama at the residential mansion and wildcard character Sasha is a dangerous likewise who causes a ton of crazy drama which leads to a thrilling gripping situation towards the end of the book as things retake a dangerous turn...
The book focuses on many mental health issues in the treatment from OCD, sex, drugs, alcohol, anorexia, bulimia, self harm all multitudes of addictions and shows the journey the group goes on together confusing in their issues and making friends of sorts. I particularly liked trans girl Kendall and Lexi making friends as they didn't judge each other but found a friend to help them at a hard time in their life. Lexi and how she comes to terms with who Kurt made her become and how with Brady she slowly crushes on him made clear her clarity was getting better and she was becoming herself again properly getting to see things clear with new eyes on the situation she had been through and how she had been used. The book highlights it's not an easy battle getting clean hence the title as many characters think about it do, relapse or worse. There's killer secrets packed into this gripping novel, Juno's writing never fails to captivate me and never let's me down!
Many thanks to the publishers for allowing me to review this book for them!
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