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3.27 AVERAGE
3.27 AVERAGE
It's like the teenage version of Bridget Jones. (Although I probably shouldn't say that without reading those books.)
Spoiler
Also, greatest ending of all time. For a book revolving around dating, she DOESN'T END UP WITH A GUY. How subversive is that?!
This book was a lot like Bridget Jones Diary only suited more for older teens (drinking to the point of being puking drunk and mentions of sex). Some parts were funny, overall it was ok. Emma is trying to cope with being ghosted by the boy she was dating. After wallowing for weeks she decides to try and find someone new by searching the Internet.
Good for ages 16 and up.
Good for ages 16 and up.
I know it might be the point but the main character is so pathetic I cant keep reading.
lighthearted
fast-paced
You know when you read a book that connects with you on such a personal level that you want everyone to read it? Chloe Seager’s debut novel Editing Emma is exactly the one I want you all to read (NOW!).
Written as a series of blog posts, Editing Emma tells us the story, or better Emma Nash tell us her story, via her “Secret blog of a nearly proper person”.
Emma uses her blog more as a diary for herself where she records her school life, love problems, her masturbation records and pretty much her overall teenage life. “Online you can choose who you want to be, if only real life were so easy”.
This is the book I needed as a teenager so I would have felt I was actually normal, not that there is anything normal about Emma, but knowing that I’m not the only one who secretly stalked their first love after being ghosted (before ghosted was even a thing!) that’s a relief. Oh! And let me tell you that I had to do that during the dial-up internet time. Which basically meant I may or may not have bumped into him ‘by accident’ a few times outside his favourite places.
Teenage girls with a crush can be relentless. Thank Dumbledore that we grow up right? This is one of the first books where I truly felt that this teenage portrayal was spot on, or maybe I’m just happy I found another weirdo like me.
Growing up there wasn’t many witty and honest books about being a teenage girl. Heck, there wasn’t even that many books where the main character was a teenage girl. I feel that just like me Chloe grow up during such terrible times where too many books made us feel guilty about sexual urges and for bleeding out of our vaginas every month.
It’s such a relief that Chloe created a book for teenage girls and I want more books like this, that addresses masturbation, periods and other intrusive thoughts that any 16 year old girl has. This not only a book for teens but also for adults, as we can definitely reminisce on our teenage years, minus the advance in technology (Myspace and MSN messenger was my jam growing up! Do people still use jam? Gosh, I am getting to old in YA years!)
Please, trust me when I tell you this is the book to read! And no, I’m not being paid by Chloe to say all these lovely things (however, she is a big Gilmore Girls fan so she gets extra brownie points for it!).
So head over to your nearest bookshop, favourite book buying website, anywhere that sells books and buy Editing Emma, because I promise you this book will bring laugher into your life.
Hopefully, this wont be the last we read of Chloe!
Rating: 5/5
*FangirlSince1988 xxx
Written as a series of blog posts, Editing Emma tells us the story, or better Emma Nash tell us her story, via her “Secret blog of a nearly proper person”.
Emma uses her blog more as a diary for herself where she records her school life, love problems, her masturbation records and pretty much her overall teenage life. “Online you can choose who you want to be, if only real life were so easy”.
This is the book I needed as a teenager so I would have felt I was actually normal, not that there is anything normal about Emma, but knowing that I’m not the only one who secretly stalked their first love after being ghosted (before ghosted was even a thing!) that’s a relief. Oh! And let me tell you that I had to do that during the dial-up internet time. Which basically meant I may or may not have bumped into him ‘by accident’ a few times outside his favourite places.
Teenage girls with a crush can be relentless. Thank Dumbledore that we grow up right? This is one of the first books where I truly felt that this teenage portrayal was spot on, or maybe I’m just happy I found another weirdo like me.
Growing up there wasn’t many witty and honest books about being a teenage girl. Heck, there wasn’t even that many books where the main character was a teenage girl. I feel that just like me Chloe grow up during such terrible times where too many books made us feel guilty about sexual urges and for bleeding out of our vaginas every month.
It’s such a relief that Chloe created a book for teenage girls and I want more books like this, that addresses masturbation, periods and other intrusive thoughts that any 16 year old girl has. This not only a book for teens but also for adults, as we can definitely reminisce on our teenage years, minus the advance in technology (Myspace and MSN messenger was my jam growing up! Do people still use jam? Gosh, I am getting to old in YA years!)
Please, trust me when I tell you this is the book to read! And no, I’m not being paid by Chloe to say all these lovely things (however, she is a big Gilmore Girls fan so she gets extra brownie points for it!).
So head over to your nearest bookshop, favourite book buying website, anywhere that sells books and buy Editing Emma, because I promise you this book will bring laugher into your life.
Hopefully, this wont be the last we read of Chloe!
Rating: 5/5
*FangirlSince1988 xxx
L'aspect réseaux sociaux/blog m'a tout de suite attirée, mais malheureusement l'héroïne aura su gâcher ma lecture. Je l'ai trouvée immature, égoïste et agaçante au possible. Comment son entourage peut-il la supporter ?
Full review available on LifeAmongPages.
3.5 stars.
I would like to thank Netgalley and Harlequin Teen Australia for sending me an eGalley in exchange for my honest review.
~ Initial thoughts after reading ~
This reminded me quite a bit of Zoe Sugg's Girl Online series, except not as sugar coated as this teen blogs about her sex life and sexual thoughts a lot more than I expected.
I'm not sure I thoroughly enjoyed the layout of it all being blog posts, instead of normal story format interspersed with her blog posts. But that was only minor and as I continued to read it didn't bother me as much.
The character of Emma, was somewhat tedious at points, but then again she was also a teenager. And all teenagers had their melodramatic tendencies. I loved Steph and Faith, they were good friends to her and they had to put up with a lot. I never really warmed up to Gracie, but with good reason. Her mum hit too close to home at times.
What drove me crazy was Emma's attitude towards the breakup, and then how she treated the next guy she dated. Plus her unhealthy obsession with her first relationship, she slept with a used bandaid, in a ziplock bag under her pillow.... thats just all kinds of weird.
But overall I enjoyed this book, and look forward to seeing what Chloe Seager does next.
3.5 stars.
I would like to thank Netgalley and Harlequin Teen Australia for sending me an eGalley in exchange for my honest review.
~ Initial thoughts after reading ~
This reminded me quite a bit of Zoe Sugg's Girl Online series, except not as sugar coated as this teen blogs about her sex life and sexual thoughts a lot more than I expected.
I'm not sure I thoroughly enjoyed the layout of it all being blog posts, instead of normal story format interspersed with her blog posts. But that was only minor and as I continued to read it didn't bother me as much.
The character of Emma, was somewhat tedious at points, but then again she was also a teenager. And all teenagers had their melodramatic tendencies. I loved Steph and Faith, they were good friends to her and they had to put up with a lot. I never really warmed up to Gracie, but with good reason. Her mum hit too close to home at times.
What drove me crazy was Emma's attitude towards the breakup, and then how she treated the next guy she dated. Plus her unhealthy obsession with her first relationship, she slept with a used bandaid, in a ziplock bag under her pillow.... thats just all kinds of weird.
But overall I enjoyed this book, and look forward to seeing what Chloe Seager does next.
I absolutely adored this book! I can’t remember the last time I ACTUALLY laughed out loud while reading a book. Emma Nash is the new Georgia Nicholson. Louise Rennison fans will be very pleased. I enjoyed the fast pace and the female support through out the entire story. The book is really about finding yourself rather than losing and changing yourself in order to snag a relationship. I can’t wait to read what happens next to Emma.