Fangirl

A coming-of-age story about family, first love, and fanfiction.

Cath is a fan of Simon Snow. All right, so everyone loves Simon Snow. However, Cath's life is being a fan, and she excels at it. When she was younger, she and her twin, Wren, were engrossed in the Simon Snow series; it helped them get through their mother leaving.

Perusing. Reading again. Spending time on Simon Snow forums, creating fanfiction about Simon Snow, and dressing up as the characters for each film's premiere. Cath's sister has mostly moved away from fandom, but she finds it difficult to let go. She is unwilling to.

Wren has informed Cath that she does not want to live with her throughout their time in college. Stepping out of her comfort zone, Cath is on her own. She has a grumpy flatmate with a charming, always present boyfriend; a professor of fiction writing who believes that fanfiction is the end of civilization; a handsome classmate who is interested only in talking about words; and she can't stop worrying about her loving, frail, and never truly alone dad.

Can Cath do this is the question in her mind. Is she going to make it without Wren's hand clutching hers? Is she prepared to go out on her own? And if moving on means parting ways with Simon Snow, does she really want to go on?