Wild Awake | 
pickThe premise of this YA book is wild. Piano prodigy Kiri, whose older sister died in an “accident,” spends 6 weeks home alone while her parents go on vacation. She makes some bad decisions then some worse ones and ends up with a mentally ill boyfriend, a drunken friend, and the truth about her sister‘s death. As her mental health splinters, the people around her do little. Soft pick for the boyfriend‘s redemption arc and Kiri‘s unique voice, but 😯
so-soI didn‘t like Kiri, nor many of the choices she made. The book became kind of chaotic as we moved toward the end. I did like the Vancouver setting – it‘s always fun recognizing places. I also thought the idea of Kiri never learning what she does about her sister‘s death until the start of this book (5 years later) is pretty unrealistic. I can‘t imagine she wouldn‘t have heard it somewhere, even if not from her parents or brother. Cont in comments
