So, I've been debating whether to review it (apart from anything else I think most people seem to have made up their mind up and either pre-ordered or sworn off already!) but think it's worth sharing my thoughts. Things take a decided turn for the better as she meets and falls for Noah, a gorgeous guitar player - but Noah has his own secret, and it could cause even more problems for Penny if it gets out. After a bad experience at school, she's whisked away to New York by her parents, along with gay best friend Elliott. Girl Online is the story of a girl who secretly blogs about her friendships, family, boys, and the panic attacks she's suffering from. I think that people who do the same thing will enjoy it. I approached it with an open mind - I've never watched any of her YouTube videos and at the time of reading, hadn't read her blog, although I've just checked out a couple of her personal posts and I'm quite impressed by them.

The backlash from certain quarters has intrigued me as well the number of people who've completely dismissed this as a bad book while admitting they haven't read it seems surprisingly high.

I've been intrigued by the idea of Girl Online since I first heard about it - I love books about blogging and the internet, and obviously YouTube sensation Zoella has had the experience of becoming well known online herself. So it's nice that it's actually rather good! Summary: It's undoubtedly going to be the biggest selling books for teens this Christmas, whatever the quality.

Girl Online by Zoe Sugg