It’s also about the fixes we rely on to cope with our most shameful secrets and the hope and fear that comes with meeting someone who challenges us to come clean. THE FIX follows two good-hearted teenagers coming to terms with the cards they were dealt.

Convinced that 'creative' equals crazy, Aura shuns her own artistic talent. Her mother, a talented artist and art teacher, is slowly being consumed by schizophrenia, and Aura has been her sole caretaker ever since Auras dad left them. And as Macy falls for Sebastian, she realizes that, while revealing her secret could ruin her seemingly perfect family, keeping silent might just destroy her. Holly Schindler has never failed to rock my socks Her debut novel, A Blue So Dark, continues to top my favorite book list, and this, her second book is. Fifteen-year-old Aura Ambrose has been hiding a secret. The boy is Sebastian Ruiz, a recovering addict who recognizes that Macy is hardened by dark secrets. A Blue So Dark by Holly Schindler Genre: Contemporary, YA Published: May, 2010 by Flux Format: Paperback Source: Bought from Booktopia Fifteen-year-old Aura Ambrose has been hiding a secret. Her family’s well-off, she’s dating the cute boy next door, she has plenty of friends, and although she long ago wrote her mother off as a superficial gym rat, she’s thankful to have allies in her loving, laid-back dad and her younger brother.īut a conversation with a boy at a party one night shakes Macy out of the carefully maintained complacency that has defined her life so far. On the outside, she’s got it pretty good. Seventeen-year-old Macy Lyons has been through something no one should ever have to experience. One conversation is all it takes to break a world wide open. A blue so dark by Holly Schindler, 2010, Flux edition, in English - 1st ed.