(TW for suicide, a torture scene, and SA) Struggling with mental illness is like fighting for your life, and for some teenagers, it literally became just that. After a suicide attempt, Yvonne Mcreary finds herself in a strange place. Not heaven or hell, but The Facility, where mentally ill teens are not patients but prisoners. Posing as a place for mentally ill teenagers to become stronger, The Facility is full of secrets. Here, she encounters the tyrannical leader, Xander, who seems to believe he is doing the right thing by forcing the prisoners into odd experiments that, in his mind, will make them have powers (such as controlling fire and electricity) and fighting to make them stronger, and the cold and seemingly brutal Executioner, who was also at one point a prisoner himself. Along with Lilith, a kind, forgetful girl and Yvonne's cellmate; Damion Heart, a boy who doesn't want to make friends; and Veronica, a blunt but loving girl who would do anything for her friends, these teenagers work together to overcome not only the Facility, but their own struggles themselves.
*TRIGGER WARNING: DEALS WITH DEPRESSION, SELF HARM AND SUICIDE*
Amber is sixteen years old and to sugarcoat it... She hasn't had the best upbringing.
She would love a different life, one where she can see her mother again and not be stuck with her abusive father. A life where she doesn't get taunted and hit and torn apart by everyone who she has ever seen. But she would never swap, she doesn't want anyone to endure the pain she's gone through.
So instead, she tries to get rid of it... Again.
But much to her disbelief, she is saved by the people she would least expect. She learns secrets about them that no one else knows. She feels included. Cared for. And dare I say it... She felt loved.
For once in her life, she felt truly happy to be alive.
But just when Amber felt safe, her life was flipped upside down and her past came back to haunt her just when she least expected it...
(Sorry, I suck at descriptions, don't let it put you off)
Ranking:
#64 in Awareness
#15 in Mental Health Awareness
#73 in saddness