As she struggles to find her footing again, the viral vileness of the internet and anonymity threatens to tear her apart once and for all. Sage Amara’s writing style is accessible, making the book incredibly readable and appealing to a wide range of readers. Another thing that this book deals with really well is the premature sexualisation of women bodies and subtle misogyny that women deal with everyday.

I haven't charted out my visits for the summer term, but I'm sure there are several in the south) and thanks so much for being so fantastic!It’s topical Insta vs reality check in, made it so readable and relatable and I’m a several age spans away from YA readers.

A bittersweet Northern Irish romance that takes a new look at teen pregnancy, the magic and mess of first relationships, and a young woman's right to choose her own future. There are some really complex characters - from Almond, to Heather, a straight-talking, golden hearted plus size girl who refuses to fit into the mold, to Imogen, another influencer with a perky Barbie-like exterior who is crumbling beneath the pressure of a mother she is never good enough for, to Joss - the caring, gentle, funny love interest we all dream of finding in our own lives. A fearsome, remarkably ambitious novel that breaks through the boundaries of the genre to become epic - in all the best senses of the word. Also Joss is really cute <3 (shouldn't have actually taken me this long to read the book lol but busy with BMAT revision- now done! Too scared to voice what she wants, not wanting to let down her own mother, things get pushed and suppressed, and nothing positive ever comes out of that.Hotjar sets this cookie to know whether a user is included in the data sampling defined by the site's pageview limit. Polly Crosby tells ReadingZone about her novel, This Tale is Forbidden (Scholastic), a fractured fairy tale set in a dystopian world. From Nobel Laureates Samuel Beckett and Harold Pinter to theatre greats Tom Stoppard and Alan Bennett to rising stars Polly Stenham and Florian Zeller, Faber Drama presents the very best theatre has to offer. Influential,” written by Sage Amara, is an engaging and thought-provoking book that dives deep into the perils of internet fame and its impact on mental health.