Synopsis (from amazon)
Cath and Wren are identical twins, and until recently they did absolutely everything together. Now they’re off to university and Wren’s decided she doesn’t want to be one half of a pair any more – she wants to dance, meet boys, go to parties and let loose. It’s not so easy for Cath. She’s horribly shy and has always buried herself in the fan fiction she writes, where she always knows exactly what to say and can write a romance far more intense than anything she’s experienced in real life.
Without Wren Cath is completely on her own and totally outside her comfort zone. She’s got a surly room-mate 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.
Now Cath has to decide whether she’s ready to open her heart to new people and new experiences, and she’s realizing that there’s more to learn about love than she ever thought possible.
Review
When I reviewed Landline I mentioned how much I had loved Fangirl (which I had just finished reading).
I really identified with Cath, more than I identified with Eleanor (of Eleanor & Park), I think that’s a skill of Rainbow Rowell’s- making characters which are easy to identify with.
To me Cath was a Harry Potter fangirl, I’m not quite her (only the occasional dip into the world of fanfiction) but I certainl ‘knew’ people like her, and saw a lot of elements of myself in her. Harry Potter was a big part of my world for a while (which I have spoken about before), so I think I understood Cath, although maybe I was more of a balance between her and Wren when it came to uni.
Thinking about it, actually, Fangirl is quite a lot like 4 to 16 characters, although I did prefer it.
It’s cute, and it’s romantic, and it’s real, that’s what’s awesome about it.
5/5
Buy it from an indie store (via hive):
Paperback (£6.23)
Buy it from amazon:
Kindle (£2.99)
Paperback (£4.19)
Hardcover (£9.09)
Other reviews:
Bookjourney
The Leading Librarian
So Long And Thanks For All The Fish
