Thank you NetGalley for the ARC! A fun, techy love story that's also about finding your own voice. I loved the little tidbits that tied it into All the Feels.

Thank you NetGalley and Swoon Publishing for the ARC. I found this book to be an enjoyable read and found that the characters were so likeable and that the story developed. I look forward to sharing this title with my reading circle. I really liked how the book touched on real life issues.

I unfortunately was not able to read this book. I was excited when ever I had chosen to download or pick this book up on Netgalley. However, time moves by so quickly and I never got to read it.

Online fame and offline conflicts collide in Danika Stone's Internet Famous. Madi is a homeschooled highschooler with a cult following of her rewatches and reactions on basically-Tumblr. She has a load of fans, and that's both her biggest strength and her biggest worry. 

It's a feel-good story, with a YA romance and a bond between two sisters.

There’s something about the way Danika writes the story. It’s very sentimental and a feel good book.

The story is about Madi who has a massive follower on her blog. So yeah, she’s a famous blogger in United States. Then, someone attacks her on social media even threatened her private life.

Madi is a loving person because she truly cares for her family and friends. Aside from that she’s a dedicated person. I know most of us can relate to her because of her quirky attitude, and the blogging life. Enter Laurent, well I thought he’s a girl because of his name…HAHA but no, he’s a guy. Laurent is a French dude studying in New York majoring in Photography. So Madi and Laurent have same similarities. And their romantic build up is so so cute. But not all romantic stories will have a happily ever after without challenges, yes they had lots of struggles especially as an individual person that affect their relationships and what strucks me the most is that they’ve been in LONG DISTANCE RELATIONSHIP.

I haven’t seen books talk about LONG DISTANCE RELATIONSHIPS in today’s generation. Usually, romances are about being seen each other and feel their presence but what if they’re hundred miles away from you? For me, this is an unusual topic for Young Adult stories because we’re taught that being inlove should be eating foods together, have an amazing road trip, and to always feel their hugs and kisses. But little did we know, love is much more than that.

IT is a story that fits for millennials, tackles about family, blogging life, and relationships.

I was given a copy of this book on NetGalley. It took me a while to sit down and read it. Overall there were many things that I liked about the story. I liked that it included a main character on the Autistic Spectrum. I also liked that it addressed internet bullying. Additionally, I thought the relationship between Laurent and Madi was adorable.

I did have a few things that I didn't like as much. I thought that the plot was a bit weak. There was not much going on in the book other than internet conversations and watching movies. Also, I felt that the internet troll story was kind of weak and it was over just as quickly as it started.

Mini review:

Minor spoilers ahead!

Trigger warning: Harassment, and cyber bullying.

I received this E-ARC via Netgalley and the author in exchange for an honest review. I have read the author's previous works'. She kindly gave me an arc. I am happy to say that I enjoyed it!

This book is written in first person limited following Madi. There are tweets, pictures, blog posts, text messages, and gifs/memes.

Madi is an internet sensation. She takes her blog very seriously and loves it! During the book an internet troll starts to bother Madi. At first she thinks nothing of it. However the internet troll starts to mess with her real life. With the help of a new guy and her sister, she begins to hunt down this internet troll.

There's a huge focus on fandom's and blogging life. All of which I found relatable. The internet troll mystery I didn't find satisfying. At some point police were involved. That's how bad it got. It was somewhat predictable who the troll was. And I don't quite understand his reasoning? Seriously just because you didn't get the girl, you chose to harass her online? It's possible that people really do this for that specific reason. I just wish it was better explored.

Madi's sister Sarah is on the spectrum. I felt that the rep was well done. And the relationship between the sisters was cute. Madi's relationship with her parents also improved throughout the book. Which I liked.

I had a lot of problem's with Madi in the beginning. I felt that she was really immature. And seriously considered DNFing. Regardless I read on and I really liked Madi's growth! I'm glad that I stuck it out.

Madi and Laurent's romance was a little fast for my liking. But the two made a good couple. And I liked Laurent. They brought out the best in each other.

I loved this book! The full review will be posted soon at kaitgoodwin.com/books! Thank you very much for this wonderful opportunity to connect books to their readers!

Great modern romance-ish novel for YA. It shows the difficulties of having an online world that we experience today.

I thought this was a very cute story about what can happen when the internet and our real lives start to collide in unexpected ways. The romance was very cute, and I love how Danika Stone always manages to create the nerdiest love stories that I just can't get enough of.

Madi was an interesting character. I loved how she had created this unique online presence and turned it into a full-on franchise. She's definitely a good role-model for young girls, which I think is so so important in today's world.

The mixed format made it a quick read, but unfortunately, I didn't love this one as much as I loved last year's All the Feels. I still enjoyed the mystery of the troll and the quirky romance, but it didn't ignite the passionate nerdy feels that I hoped for.

I’ve read Danika Stone’s All the Feels, and I liked it, so I really was excited to read this book. Besides, I really love the premise of the book. It is something I could relate too really well. I feel like shoving this book to my parents and say online friends are real friends too.

I love how fluffy and cute this book is. And how some parts of this book made me feel like smacking people on the head. Yes, trolls, I’m talking to you. The fact that this book includes some serious topic is great. Lately, I really like books that incorporate serious topics, in this case, cyberbullying.

I like that the characters are portrayed really well, especially Madi. She acted how I expected her to act. I like that the book is written beautifully. Some books tend to feel awkward, but this book flowed really well.

To sum it up, I love this book, and I think it could be the perfect summer reads. It is cute, but at the same time, has such serious topics; a perfect balance between fluff and seriousness. I’d recommend this for everyone who is looking for the perfect light and fluffy YA book to read this summer.

I rate it 4 / 5 stars.

I enjoyed this and would consider this a YA comparison to Katie Fforde and Sophia Kinsella, or Meg Cabot and Jane Green women's fiction. It definitely is contemporary and uses today's popular internet culture very well. I didn't completely love it but it was a good enough one-time read.

Allison reviewed this book for us on the blog and she absolutely loved it. What a great contemporary read.

After Stone’s first Swoon Reads attempt, All the Feels, failed to impress me, I wasn’t really planning on reading another of her books, but then Internet Famous showed up unsolicited, and it has that cover, so I thought I’d give it another shot. Internet Famous improves on All the Feels, and it definitely shows some development as an author, but I still would have liked more from it.


Though I ended up giving Internet Famous the same rating as All the Feels, I did like this one more. I waffled back and forth between 2.5 and 3 stars. Writing and character-wise, Internet Famous is a vast improvement. I really like the narrative voice in this one, and Madi’s familial struggles are very relatable and well-drawn. Her nerves are also very much on point. I found the book oddly compelling, and I read it straight through, which I really hadn’t expected to do. That aspect of the book was excellent, and I just wish that the premise and the romance had been anywhere near as good.

The romance is thoroughly meh. It’s one of the ones that is so perfect that I feel absolutely nothing. One of Madi’s blog readers “laurentabalard” turns out to be a Laurent rather than a Lauren. He also turns out to be really tall and model beautiful and French, and he’s into her from the very first moment they meet. He makes her feel comfortable about his interest, and he pursues her with maximum romanticness. Though he’s living in NYC and she’s in New Jersey, he shows up to surprise her with coffee dates, which is either thoughtful or completely creepy (especially since he just shows up at her house at one point). It’s all so perfect he could be an actual psychopath, but I think he’s meant to be a super nice guy. Mostly, he just doesn’t feel like a real person at all, because he’s so clearly fan service.

Meanwhile, the absolute worst part of the book is Madi’s blog. Madi watches or rewatches pop culture (or sometimes reads), and she writes reviews and does some liveblogs on Twitter. Some of her posts are included in the book, and I cannot believe that this girl would be remotely internet famous, let alone earning enough money to blog as a career. The reviews are two to three paragraphs long, lacking detail, and they’re also not particularly funny. And yet somehow she has thousands of readers and fans so intense they call themselves MadLibbers and buy merch. Also, seriously, MadLibs? She called her blog MadLibs? And it’s in no way a reference or a copyright violation (considering that she makes money off of it and, again, sells merch)? No way. Every single element relating to her blog was unrealistic, which is why this one ended up receiving the rating of meh.

Stone does seem to be improving on the whole, but I’m not sure that I’ll try again unless I see reviews from trusted people that show she’s figured out how to write romances that I would actually believe in and ship.

I had trouble getting into this book. I loved Danika's first book but this one didn't grab me like that one. I wasn't sure about the characters, and I really didn't like Madi's parents. I did get swept up in the romance and the who did it at the end though. So over all I enjoyed but not my favorite.

I’m not really sure exactly what I thought this would be about originally going into this book but it was a little different than what I expected. I loved the relationship between Madison and her younger sister, you can tell that they really love each other even though they did occasionally get on each other’s nerves. You can tell that Madi has a lot on her plate and also has to help out at home and that is weighing her down. I also liked how Madi was socially awkward and felt more comfortable talking to people online because that was something I could definitely relate to. While her mom might not have been there I appreciated the fact that her parents stood up for her when she was going through the problems with school. I tried so hard to figure out the troll but I was kept guessing throughout the book, I was glad that Madi stopped trying to figure it out herself and reached out to her friends to ask for help.

I give this book a 4 out of 5 stars.

Amazing book with very interesting characters and a well developed plot. The story had me reading to the very last page, the suspense is just right and the romance is perfect. Loved it!!!

First off, I loved that this book gave so much time to Madi actually writing her blog, and tweeting out to her followers. It gave a sense of realism to the book – she wasn’t famous just because, she was famous cause she actually put time and effort into her work. As a blogger, I was able to relate to her a lot. That being said, I can’t say that I’m as accustomed to so many (read: any) responses to my work. It was great seeing Madi interact with her fanbase and try to be neutral and kind in her posts.

I have to admit – the troll made me nervous. There’s something about a faceless villain that really gets to you. And the scary thing is that it can happen. This is the world that we live in, where people can ruin your safe space with a few simple clicks of a button. And it sucks. It sucked for Madi more than most <highlight for spoilers> because the troll actually affected her real life – her schooling, her grades – and I think the worst is that the school kept buying into anonymous tips about Madi’s work that never actually panned out. My stomach kept knotting itself every time the troll struck, and that feeling is what fueled me through the book. I needed to know what the resolution was. I needed to know why this troll was after her.

Madi herself was well developed – I enjoyed her little quips and appreciated her introversion. Her motto was something along the lines of human interaction sucks, and I can definitely relate to that. We really got to see her step outside of her comfort zone and learn to take control of her own life. Madi’s sister, Sarah, added a lot of emotion to the book. I loved her and yet I also understood Madi’s own kind of resentment towards her parents, and kind of her sister. We learn early on that Sarah is someone with special needs, though her condition is never actually named. She is fun and lovable, and my heart hurts for her throughout the novel. Madi tries her best with her and I love the sisterly relationship that is a big part of this novel.

The romance itself is cute – it doesn’t actually steal the spotlight in the book, and I have to give the author credit for that. Some of the ideas lent to the whole long-distance relationship were fun and creative, too, and I enjoyed learning more about Laurent and the other NYC characters.

Random note: I would love to see/own a printed version of the book because some of the details would be cool to see off the screen.

As a whole, this book is probably one of my favourites this year. The resolution of the book was really well done, and I didn’t actually feel like the end was rushed. In fact, the epilogue was just what I needed to finish off the book (it’s something I kind of wanted to see at the end of books like Girl at Sea and other romantic contemporaries). Definitely would recommend!

Plot: 4/5
Characters: 4.5/5
World Building: 4/5
Writing: 4.5/5
Pacing: 5/5
Overall: 4.5/5
GoodReads Rating: 3.8

eARC obtained via Xpresso Book Tours in exchange for an honest review.

Stone, Danika Internet Famous, 336 pages. Swoon Reads (Macmillan), 2017. $11. Language: R (89 swears, 0 ‘f’), Mature Content: G; Violence: G.

Madison’s blog has really taken off. Her #rewatch #funemployment has been doing double duty as her final project for her online Language Arts final project and connected her with a wide fan base all over the world. Online school has been god-sent, allowing Madi to help her parents navigate the peculiarities of her younger, autistic sister. Madi’s life starts to implode, however under a confluence of events: her mother leaves for a teaching stint at Oxford without letting Sarah know until the night before; a new assistant principal has decided that Madi’s blog, because she earns money from followers clicking on links, violates the rules of her class contract and is not admissible for credit; she starts messaging a new MadLibs follower, Laurnet, and agrees to come to New York City for a live MadLibs rewatch – kind of falling for Laurent and exposing her to MadLibs followers in person for the first time ever; an internet troll starts flaming and trollingcontroversy on her site, including trying to hijack the blog.

Had Stone eliminated the whole love-interest part of the story, I would much more enthusiastically endorsed this. I see how it kind of helped with a part of the plot, and romance is a big seller for some types of readers, but it was one more issue in a book brimming with plot points. At times I was rolling my eyes at Madi’s egocentric behavior – enough that I almost wanted the troll to take her down. But, Stone does a pretty good job of showing the “look at me” attitudes of people who are internet famous.

HS – OPTIONAL. Cindy, Library Teacher

Girl + lap top + blog = "Internet Famous."

Madi is a senior in high school, a daughter, a sister and most importantly, a blogger- a very popular blogger. She is what she likes to call "#funemployed" updating her blog (Madlibs) with reviews and live streams with her followers old cult classics and whichever films her followers vote on.

She relies on her real life and internet life staying separate, in part due to her father's job, a popular lifestyle columnist. When a new follower invites her to a "madlib meet up" she learns she has hundreds of followers just in nearby New York City who actually meet up and watch movies she has discussed together. She decides to go and meet some of those followers.

Enter Laurent, whom as you may have guessed is the love interest in this fluffy contemporary. As the book progresses we follow along as Madi attempts to navigate balancing her growing admiration for this new French man, problems at home, finishing her senior year, her blog, and of course -as anyone who has ever posted online may guess- trolls.

Over all this is an easy beach read, that most fans of the contemporary genre will enjoy.

3.5 Stars

I received this book from the publisher through Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.