Hold Still

by Nina LaCour
Hennepin County Library audiobook 6 discs
read by Emma Galvin
genre: YA coming-of-age

Caitlin's best friend Ingrid committed suicide at the end of their sophomore year in high school. Caitlin's parents have done everything they can to help their daughter deal with her pain. Most of the book deals with Caitlin's thoughts, memories, and struggles. Photography, Ingrid's last journal, building a tree house, a new friend (Dylan - a lesbian who is new to school) and a potential boyfriend - Taylor - all help her work toward healing.

Liked it okay, but it was pretty depressing. At times, I wanted to shake her and tell her to get a grip! The reader had a wonderful voice and made the story come alive, but it wasn't what I was in the mood to read. Just too sad.