Bleed Like Me

By Christa Desir

Book Overview

From the author of Fault Line comes an edgy and heartbreaking novel about two self-destructive teens in a Sid and Nancy-like romance full of passion, chaos, and dyed hair.

Seventeen-year-old Amelia Gannon (just "Gannon" to her friends) is invisible to almost everyone in her life. To her parents, to her teachers--even her best friend, who is more interested in bumming cigarettes than bonding. Some days the only way Gannon knows she is real is by carving bloody lines into the flesh of her stomach.

Then she meets Michael Brooks, and for the first time, she feels like she is being seen to the core of her being. Obnoxious, controlling, damaged, and addictive, he inserts himself into her life until all her scars are exposed. Each moment together is a passionate, painful relief.

But as the relationship deepens, Gannon starts to feel as if she's standing at the foot of a dam about to burst. She's given up everything and everyone in her life for him, but somehow nothing is enough for Brooks--until he poses the ultimate test.

Bleed Like Me is a piercing, intimate portrayal of the danger of a love so obsessive it becomes its own biggest threat.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1442498900
• ISBN13: 9781442498907
• Release Date: October 2014
• Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.87 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.6" x 8.3"
• Age Range: 15 to 17 years
• Grade Range: Grades 10 to 12

Customer Reviews

Don’t waste your time.

Don’t waste your time reading this book. The story was rushed and felt like there wasn’t a thought behind what is being written. Its so unbelievable that it’s hard to actually relate to the characters and what was going on.