The Taste of Blue Light (Hardback)

If Sylvia Plath wrote a novel for young adults, The Taste of Blue Light would be it... Beautiful. Visceral. Gripping. I loved it * Louise O'Neill, author of Asking For It *
A gripping Bell Jar-type narrative of mental distress and confusion * Financial Times *

Remember the name Lydia Ruffles: this devastating and brilliant YA book goes to the most
unexpected of places and will leave you mulling it over for days, weeks and months after

* Stylist *
This gripping thriller will stay with you long after you finish the last page * The Sun on Sunday *
dark and affecting...a truly unforgettable debut * Heat Magazine *
An original take on trauma and memory loss...Lux's voice engages readers on issues that are timely, absorbing and perceptively related * Irish Times *
A game-changing exploration of mental health * Emerald Street *

An achingly moving read. Lux is vivid, feisty, vulnerable, brave, darkly humorous, as she fights a battle she doesn't understand. Ruffles' writing is mesmerising and beautiful.I was immersed in Lux's world from the first page

* Debbie Howells, author of The Bones of You *
Vivid, overwhelming, powerful, this is a visceral novel exploringfirst love, obsession and the curse and wonder of synaesthesia * Fiona Cummins, author of Rattle *
It's very brave, and fierce, and electric * Sara Barnard, author of Beautiful Broken Things *
This is a beautiful book, both inside and out ... I devoured every page * Alice Feeney, author of Sometimes I Lie *
Startling and mesmeric. Lux is a refreshingly complex heroine * Daisy Buchanan, author of How to be a Grown Up *
Beautiful. Visceral. Gripping. If Sylvia Plath wrote a novel foryoung adults, The Taste of Blue Light would be it * Louise O'Neill, author of Asking for It *

Brimming to full with tenderness and caustic wit. Immaculately
written, the journey inside the damaged mind of Lux Langleywill leave you feeling overwhelmed and amazed

* Richard Skinner, author of The Mirror *