Jess's Review of Fangirl

Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell
Published Date: September 2013
Summary (From Goodreads): Cath is a Simon Snow fan.
Okay, the whole world is a Simon Snow fan...
But for Cath, being a fan is her life—and she’s really good at it. She and her twin sister, Wren, ensconced themselves in the Simon Snow series when they were just kids; it’s what got them through their mother leaving.
Reading. Rereading. Hanging out in Simon Snow forums, writing Simon Snow fan fiction, dressing up like the characters for every movie premiere.
Cath’s sister has mostly grown away from fandom, but Cath can’t let go. She doesn’t want to.
Now that they’re going to college, Wren has told Cath she doesn’t want to be roommates. Cath is on her own, completely outside of her comfort zone. She’s got a surly roommate with a charming, always-around boyfriend, a fiction-writing professor who thinks fan fiction is the end of the civilized world, a handsome classmate who only wants to talk about words... And she can’t stop worrying about her dad, who’s loving and fragile and has never really been alone.
For Cath, the question is: Can she do this?
Can she make it without Wren holding her hand? Is she ready to start living her own life? Writing her own stories?
And does she even want to move on if it means leaving Simon Snow behind?

My Rating: 5/5 stars

My Review: I had heard a lot of really good things about this book, and when I saw that Britney had it on her shelf, I was excited to borrow it. I read it in just a few hours - it's such an easy read. I absolutely loved it and I felt like it was super easy to relate to. Cath and her struggles were so real - not just the struggles with being a fangirl, but her confusing love life and messed-up family. I could really feel for Cath throughout the whole book. Not only was the story awesome, but the writing was incredible. I've never read anything by Rainbow Rowell before, but reading this book makes me think that I would really enjoy reading her other works.  Overall, I was incredibly impressed with this book and it absolutely lived up to all of it's positive talk!