Navigating mental health and self-care in the Internet age is a difficult, devastating thing. On the one hand, you want to reach out—heck, you're taught to reach out. On the other, reaching out could mean opening yourself to a style of help you don't necessarily want to receive... even if it might be what you need.

The Immeasurable Depth of You may have facets of young adult romance, but the focus is squarely on mental health: the good, the bad, the ugly, and (regrettably) the occasionally nonexistent.

Brynn is our heroine: a Tumblr denizen who escapes into a world of fandoms, creativity, and Internet friends when the going gets tough. But when the going gets a little too tough, and her best friend alerts her mother to some troubling thoughts, Brynn finds herself escaping to a world of houseboats, alligators, and no technology. Her well-meaning mother has sent her away to spend the summer with her dad in Florida. No cell phone (except for an old dumb phone to call home), no Internet, none of her usual escapes.

For Brynn, the only thing more terrifying than living off the grid is... well, literally everything else. Her mind creates a variety of Floridian horrors for her to navigate. But even her catastrophizing couldn't have predicted Skylar.

At first, Skylar seems like a slightly less mean Mean Girl, come to give Brynn a hard time and look absolutely gorgeous doing it. But early on, the truth becomes clear: Skylar is dead. Her passing was a tragedy that shook the whole town. And Brynn's father was the one who found her body.

Now, Brynn's summer has a trajectory. Face her fears to find out who killed Skylar. Because, for whatever reason, Skyler can't—or won't—tell.

Getting mental health issues "right" in fiction can be difficult. It's already a difficult topic to depict empathetically, even if the author themselves has experience. Depicting so many facets of it is a huge ask. But Mora nails it all: the terror, the guilt, the feeling that no one can possibly understand you, the feeling that you're a burden on those same people, the shame, the shame at feeling shame... it's a never-ending cycle, and one that The Immeasurable Depth of You approaches with a mix of protective wit and raw openness.

The story itself unfolds intriguingly. Skylar's reveal as a bayou ghost is early on, but that's not the last surprise waiting for readers. Natural and supernatural reveals are waiting around every corner. The resolution is both heartwarming and heartbreaking. Most important, it's the best sort of ending for this book.

The Immeasurable Depth of You will be a difficult read if you have dealt with these situations in your own life—either internally or by supporting a friend. But it's worth the difficult read. Most of all, it demonstrates that being misinformed is not the same as lacking empathy, and coping with these situations will always be a work in progress. It's a must-read for anyone trying to understand and help a young adult in their life.

The Immeasurable Depth of You is available now from Peachtree Teen.