Weeks after blacking out and waking up in hospital, Lux still has no memory of what happened.
She doesn’t know why her days are consumed by pain and her nights by terrifying dreams; why her parents won’t stop shouting and her friends stop talking when she walks into the room.

All she knows is that the Lux she once was is gone – and that if she can’t uncover the truth, everything she loves will be taken away too.

‘Devastating and brilliant’ Stylist

‘Truly unforgettable’ Heat

Reviews

A game-changing exploration of mental health

Emerald Street

captivating debut

DARE magazine

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

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

Lydia Ruffles

Lydia Ruffles is the acclaimed author of The Taste of Blue Light and Colour Me In. She also writes and talks about creativity and mental health for media ranging from Buzzfeed to Woman’s Hour. Lydia is a graduate of the Faber Academy and is based in London.

Find her on Twitter and Instagram @lydiaruffles and on Tumblr at lydiaryffles.tumbler.com