I’d like to read about a book with hardships and struggle mainly with younger people between the ages of 18-28

So as you can see, the flair is listed as romance and that’s because I’d like to read about a plot driven book dealing with real world struggles like mental health or substance abuse or loss and hardships while also having chemistry and romance between two characters and that struggle also involving them. A book I read recently that hit the mark for me was Saving 6 by Chloe Walsh.

the mmc is a hot head and very standoffish and is struggling with drug addiction and an abusive house hold where he has to basically stand up and be the parent for his siblings. The fmc is a very take charge kinda girl, she knows what she wants and is very bold and extroverted, so when they meet each other they immediately clicked. When they do eventually start messing around he denies having feelings and pushes her away. At some point he hits rock bottom so hard that he falls into a deep depression and stays cradled in a fetal position for days, so disassociated with himself that he won’t even respond to anything.

So if possible does anyone know any recs similar or at least have some elements to what I have listed? Let me know please 🙏🏾 and as always thank you for any recs it’s greatly appreciated.

by Littledemmie