Fangirl

I was truly excited to read this book when I first heard about it. I was thrilled to read something about fangirls because I once was a fangirl in elementary school with my cousin about Sailor Moon.

Things I liked:
-Regan. I loved how outgoing and spunky she was about everything. I really liked that about her. It might have helped that she wasn't a freshman in college though.
-Cath and Wren's relationship, although Cath was too (s)motherly towards Wren.
-Cath and Levi's relationship was very cute but, unrealistic.
-How Wren wanted to be an individual when they went to college rather than be stuck with her sister. I thought that was genuine and honest. It was one of the more real things of this book. I am an only child but I can see that being a twin (my father is one) can get extremely annoying over the year so as soon as they have a chance to really be individuals Wren breaks free and goes head first out the door.

Things I disliked:
-Cath and Levi's relationship because of how unrealistic it was. Cath was afraid to touch, kiss, look at Levi for the longest time in the book because she was afraid of how far it might go? Really? That angered me so much.
-How Cath was representing the fangirl community. She was so very insecure with herself. Even in writing her fan fiction she was insecure without her sister there to guide her through. It was off putting and made my not sympathize where her as a main character.
-Cath never really had any strong opinions other than her hatred for her mother. I understand why she hates her mother but the fact that she is angry at her sister for wanting talk to their mother is absurd. She is smothering her sister that way.
-Cath was very sulking through most of the novel. This was bothersome because she was so afraid to try new things. It was insane how much she hated new things.
-How their father was around but he also wasn't. It upset me that the girls seemed to have to grow up too soon in their lives because their father's life went to shit after his wife left.

Overall:
This book was way too hyped to be a great book. It was a meh book to me. I honestly would only recommend to people who want to read a contemporary but I would warn them about everything.