Girl Online: Going Solo by Zoe Sugg | Book Review

Girl Online: Going Solo by Zoe Sugg

Reading Group: High School+

Personal Rating: 5 out of 5 Stars

Given Summary: Penny’s life is back to normal.

As Penny starts the school year she’s ready to face the world—alone. Noah has gone off the radar after ending his world tour early, and no one, including Penny, knows where he is. So when she accepts Megan’s invitation to visit her performing arts school, it seems like an opportunity to make some new friends.

Helping everyone else seems to be the right remedy—Elliot needs her friendship more than ever, and she meets Posey, who she can really help with her stage fright. But is charming Scottish boy Callum the right kind of distraction? And can Penny truly move on when Noah’s shadow seems to haunt her around every corner?

Cover: All of the Girl Online books have similar covers, so it is very clear that they are in a series.  On the cover of this novel, there is a masquerade mask, sparklers that make a heart, a camera, and tickets to a "West Side Story" play.  There also seems to be a picture of some type of plant, which may represent the speech about the tree Leah Brown gives Posey.  All of the images on the cover have meaning within the book, and it's always been fun when you get the book to see how they all relate to the storyline.      

My Review: For anyone who has been here for a while knows that I hold a special place in my heart for the Girl Online series because it was one of the first book reviews I ever did, so it's a little sad for me to see the series come to an end.  I did really like this book, though.  I was so sad that Penny and Noah weren't together at the beginning because it was unclear to me how they ended things in On Tour and I got nervous when Callum came into the picture.  However, I was so glad when Noah came back, and there wasn't some big decision Penny had to make.  She took Noah back pretty quickly which I was glad for because obviously, they belong together.  I probably would have been more upset then Penny was if I found out my ex-boyfriend was living in my town and not an ocean away, even if he did have a good reason.  I think this book included a lot of learning for Penny.  She discovered that sometimes friendships fall apart, but other relationships come back stronger than ever.  She also learned that although she loves photography and is really good at it, she also realized that she liked to help people.  The fact that Penny has anxiety has always been such a big part of this series because it's something Zoe Sugg knows a lot about and, although it's beginning to become a common topic in books, it's still not something that is fully understood.  Plus, anxiety is different for everyone and Penny is a great character for someone who suffers from anxiety because she doesn't let it stop her from doing what she loves, but she doesn't ignore it either.  This series was so fun to read, and I'm excited to see what Zoe comes out with next.

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After We Fell by Anna Todd | Book Review

After We Fell by Anna Todd

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Reading Group Rating: M for Mature

Personal Rating: 4 out of 5 Stars

Given Summary: Just as Tessa makes the biggest decision of her life, everything changes. Revelations about first her family, and then Hardin’s, throw everything they knew before in doubt and makes their hard-won future together more difficult to claim.

Tessa’s life begins to come unglued. Nothing is what she thought it was. Not her friends. Not her family. The one person she should be able to rely on, Hardin, is furious when he discovers the massive secret she’s been keeping. And rather than being understanding, he turns to sabotage.

Tessa knows Hardin loves her and will do anything to protect her, but there’s a difference between loving someone and being able to have them in your life. This cycle of jealousy, unpredictable anger, and forgiveness is exhausting. She’s never felt so intensely for anyone, so exhilarated by someone’s kiss—but is the irrepressible heat between her and Hardin worth all the drama? Love used to be enough to hold them together. But if Tessa follows her heart now, will it be…the end?

Cover: The cover of this book has grass, which I think makes sense because the book is called After We Fell and when you fall you end up on some type of ground so grass makes sense.

My Review: Hurray for this post finally going live when it's supposed to!! (For those of you who are confused this blog post has gone up at least three times with only a picture of the book cover and the given summary)

Anyway, I love this series of books and basically everything Anna Todd stands for as a human being. One of the big things I don't like about this book though is the Lake House 'scene' I guess you could call it.  Basically I can't stand the whole lake house vacation.  I think that it's too long and both Tessa and Hardin are just so annoying the entire time.  I even remember when I was reading it on Wattpad I would get so excited for an update and then so disappointed because they were at that house for so long.  When Tessa and Hardin are good, they are so good.  And they are so cute and funny and everything else.  However, when they're fighting it's so frustrating because 8 times out of 10 they're fighting over something stupid, like a miscommunication, and they're both just so proud that as a reader it's easier to see the solution, but neither of them will apologize.  I also think that Tessa and I are just so different that I often get frustrated with her, because I would do things so differently than the way she does them.  She just pushes Hardin's buttons and I get so annoyed.  To me, Hardin Scott is coming from a pretty messed up childhood and he's a very angry and overprotective/possessive guy and yes, he does need to learn to lighten up, but it would be easier for Tessa to cut him some slack and ease him into being less controlling.  I think that a lot of times he has valid points and Tessa disregards them because she doesn't want to be told what to do.  Like with the Zed thing.  Zed was the other participant in 'The Bet' and he makes it known that he has feelings for Tessa, so Hardin doesn't want her hanging out with him, and it takes her so long to understand his reasoning and agree that she would flip out if Hardin spent as much time with Molly as she did with Zed.  I get the point that Hardin can't tell her who to be friends with, but I think it's okay for your boyfriend to be like, 'I don't want you hanging out with someone who likes you and fought against me to take you virginity' because obviously there's tension between these two men and why would you go out of your way to make more when all you do is complain that your boyfriend is angry?  I do really like the ending of this book because the truth is starting to be revealed about Hardin's family and it's kind of hard to imagine what the last book will bring (even though if you're like me and you read it online you already know).

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