Fangirl

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 civilised 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 realising that there's more to learn about love than she ever thought possible . . .

Rainbow Rowell lives in Omaha, Nebraska. Fangirl is her second YA novel - the first, Eleanor & Park, spent six weeks on the New York Times bestseller list.

Fangirl
Macmillan
Author: Rainbow Rowell
ISBN: 9781447263227
RRP: $16.99

Review: Fangirl is a coming of age story of a shy twin starting university and her transformation to work through her issues and accept new people into her life.  Hiding behind her fan fiction world, Cath finds herself & Levi, creating and identity that is truely her own. Great read!