A book written by someone under 30

Girl Online by Zoe Sugg (a.k.a Zoella)

I, like I think most people were, was first drawn to this book because of the author. Zoe has been someone that I look to as a role model for a while now and buying her book was one thing that I felt could really show that. Though Zoe was the first thing that made me want this book, the plot was also rather intriguing. 

If you do not already know, Girl Online is about a girl named Penny who suffers from Anxiety and severe panic attacks. She finds a way to talk about these panic attacks through her blog, Girl Online. This anonymous blog allows her to talk to people about her problems and seek advice and comfort in the people who read it. She then finds herself in New York where she meets a boy and her life seems to be going in an upwards direction until she returns home and her things get hard for her again. 

Though that is the basic plot of the book, it is really about a young 15 year old girl who is trying to find where she fits into this thing we call life. It is a sweet, heart-warming story that leaves you feeling all fuzzy inside. 

While I was reading this book I found aspects of myself in Penny. She is just an average teenage girl who has her insecurities and problems much like most but she just happens to suffer from panic attacks too. I found that with this book I could really picture all of the events in Penny's life as if she was confessing it all to me face-to-face. 

Before I started to read this book, I thought that it could be quite cliche and for a while I didn't really know if it was a book that I would read. If this book was cliched however, you would never notice. The story is so well thought out and pulls you in to the point that you feel that you know the characters that you stop thinking about the plot and you just read. 

This book was a pleasure to read and I would be happy to read it again. Zoe has done a fantastic job with her first book and I cannot wait for the next one.