Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell

The author Rainbow Rowell is a recent addition in my bookshelves. I hadn’t read anything by her before Fangirl, but I’d heard lots about her and been bombarded by pictures of her books on Instagram. Particularly Fangirl and Eleanor & Park. So you could say this was purely an insta-buy for me. I don’t have that many Contemporaries among my books, but it’s a genre that I’m beginning to love.

Fangirl is about a girl named Cath that upon going to college gets stranded by her twin sister in her own dorm room with a girl who, well, is not someone who Cath normally hangs out with. Cath isn’t the outgoing girl who her sister is. So when she meets her roommate and her boy(?)friend she’s stumped.

She prefers writing and reading to partying and socializing. Her life with her sister has so far revolved around the Simon Snow series, but Wren has outgrown their fandom and decides to strike out on her own. Thus leaving Cath to find her way disentangling from a fictional world that she’s spent years submerged in; reading fan fiction, writing her own and investing her emotions wholeheartedly in. What happens when life starts intervening in Cath the Fangirl’s life?

I loved this book. Though to be honest I was in “inhale-mode” while reading it and finished it in a day, which this time resulted in me having mixed feelings about Fangirl. I thought it was a great read, but not awesome, you know? I needed to take a step back and let it sort itself out in the back of my mind. I don’t know why, but sometimes this happens to me. It all becomes this weird tangle of story and feels and I can’t really sort them out right away. This was one of those books that has grown in hindsight, from great to amazing.

Fangirl is such a wonderful book and you won’t be sorry for picking it up.

If you’ve read this book, please feel free to comment down below and tell me your thoughts. I would love to hear them!

Stephanie Perkins trilogy

“Ah, to be young and feel the bitter sting of love.” – Dumbledore

I love this YA trilogy from Stephanie Perkins. It embodies the feeling of falling in love, to find that one person who’s made for you, your true love. I’m talking about true love, not true crush or serial love-ships, but that individual that you know to your core is the one for you. The thought of leaving doesn’t exist, through rain or shine. It’s the two of you; past, present and future.

Of course these stories are about finding that person, so it’s not all sunshine and cakes. It’s just like human nature – a roller coaster where feelings like fear, insecurities and doubts are in play with the good ones. The characters have to fight to get to terms with them, make mistakes. It’s what makes the relationships stronger. If you haven’t noticed by now, I’m a hopeless romantic. I love happy endings. This trilogy hit all my buttons. Oh yeah, if you like YA and romance, you won’t be disappointed.