Even The Sad Ones
Even The Sad Ones is a raw and emotional coming-of-age love story about two girls navigating the jagged edges of mental illness, intimacy, and healing.
Eighteen-year-old Rowan doesn't want to keep living. After a suicide attempt lands her in a psychiatric hospital, she finds herself surrounded by sterile walls and distant voices-until she meets Juliette. Radiant, chaotic, and full of life, Juliette bursts into Rowan's world like sunshine through a storm.
As they grow closer, Rowan begins to feel something she thought she lost forever: hope. What starts as cautious companionship blossoms into a deep, tender romance. But there's something under Juliette's glittering surface-something Rowan can't quite name. As they move in together and build a life outside the hospital, the cracks start to show.
Juliette is bipolar. She's been hiding her diagnosis and secretly avoiding treatment, afraid that medication will smother the parts of her that feel like light. When her depression crashes down again, Rowan is left confused, angry, and heartbroken. A brutal fight drives them apart-until Rowan returns home to find Juliette has attempted suicide.
In the aftermath, truths are laid bare, and the two girls begin a new kind of recovery-one built on honesty, resilience, and unconditional love.
Even The Sad Ones is a powerful, mature LGBTQ+ romance that doesn't shy away from the darkness but still believes in the light. For readers of Girl in Pieces and All the Bright Places, this is a story that will stay with you-long after the final page.
This book contains mature and potentially distressing themes, including:
Depression and suicidal ideation
Suicide attempts (including overdose)
Bipolar disorder and manic episodes
Self-harm
Psychiatric hospitalization
Hypersexuality as a symptom of mania
Emotional conflict in relationships
Discussions of mental illness and recovery
Reader discretion is advised.