(2) YA Dani is a sixteen-year-old debutante whose "life revolved around Black cotillion and Black society and Black choir," until she started to rebel by drinking and using drugs. Camila is a Latina teen dancer who secretly self-harms, believing that "it's not through sacrifice one finds salvation. It's through suffering." After online photos of an intoxicated Dani embarrass her parents and Camila attempts suicide following the news that her family can't afford dance school, both girls are admitted to Peach Tree Hills Treatment Facility, where they become roommates. Assigned to clean out a storage shed, they find a set of letters from a past resident that initiates a personal journey for each of them toward wellness and imbues the recovery narrative with a hint of mystery. In alternating chapters, each girl shares the story of her treatment: brooding Camila looks inward; brash Dani is argmentative. While the detailed dialogues between Dani and her psychiatrist (who is also Black) can occasionally feel didactic, they also underscore the importance of culturally ­relevant therapy in supporting patients of color. (Kuehn, When I Am Through with You, rev. 9/17, is a clinical psychologist herself.) Fans of Emily X.R. Pan (The Astonishing Color of After, rev. 5/18; An Arrow to the Moon, rev. 5/22) and Amy Reed (The Boy and Girl Who Broke the World) will be drawn into Camila's and Dani's healing processes.

Reviewer: Jennifer Hubert Swan | Horn Book Magazine Issue: July, 2022

(2) YA On a school hiking trip, an inexperienced and ineffectual orienteering club assistant, Ben, attempts to assert himself in a series of bad decisions, culminating in a disastrous outcome. Despite Ben's claims of best intentions, bits of disturbing information revealed in his dispassionate first-person narration call his account into question. This psychological thriller is an unsettling story of a young man wrestling with responsibility, indecision, and insecurity.

Reviewer: Katie Bircher | Horn Book Magazine Issue: September, 2017

(2) YA While attending a "retreat" called Evolve, seventeen-year-old Arman can't shake a bad feeling. He sneaks away from the compound, and then things take a suspenseful turn. Manipulated psychologically and sexually, drugged, and trying to comprehend a surreal and frightening situation, Arman can't trust anyone--or his own perception. Foreboding builds inexorably to a conclusion that feels both tragic and inevitable.

Reviewer: Katie Bircher | Horn Book Magazine Issue: July, 2016

(2) YA Seventeen-year-old Sadie toys with acquaintance Emerson, gleefully reminding him of sadistic childhood activities and threatening to reveal a more recent act of sexual violation he committed. Meanwhile, Sadie feels protective of Emerson's brother Miles as he endures bullying, unexplained illnesses, and bloody visions. The three teens' intersecting stories build to a shocking conclusion. Kuehn unflinchingly explores the darkest places of the human psyche.

Reviewer: Katie Bircher | Horn Book Magazine Issue: July, 2015

(2) YA Anxious, medicated fifteen-year-old Jamie suffers idiopathic cataplexy (unexplained numbness) when his sister is released from juvie. Cate had been convicted of setting a barn fire, and Jamie has only fragments of memories from the time prior to their mother's murder. Although readers will recognize early on that he's an unreliable narrator, the extent of Jamie's self-deception when ultimately revealed is staggering.

Reviewer: Katie Bircher | Horn Book Magazine Issue: July, 2014

(2) YA This wrenching psychological tale follows sixteen-year-old Win, who believes he's a werewolf. Alternating chapters flash back to Win's childhood as volatile Drew. As the novel progresses, the boundaries between Win's and Drew's personas begin to blur. In tackling brutal issues of abuse head-on, Kuehn affirms that while Andrew might believe he's a werewolf, the real monster in his life is his abuser.

Reviewer: Katie Bircher | Horn Book Magazine Issue: November, 2013