
TRIGGER WARNINGS:
Depression
Anxiety
Suicide
Teen Prengancy
Violence - teen against teen
Bullying
One young man, one desperate decision.
Being a teenager is hard enough, but when you have a diagnosis of depression and anxiety, life can feel like it is caving in on you. When you add in a new awareness of your sexuality and falling in love for the first time, life can become almost too much to bear. Ben Harper is determined to make it all work with the help of his best friend and new love, JC Croft. But when his inner demons conspire against him, can he come out on top, or will the pressure crush him?
Anguish is in many ways unexpected, surprising in its plot revelations, and so adept at navigating a subject matter that is either handled with melodrama or not handled enough at all. It's also heartbreaking and touches that tender place in the human psyche that we so desperately need it to, for some, in order that they may know that they are not alone. - Author Nina Day Gerard