Unexpectedly emotional and raw at times. An interesting look at internet fame and the lifestyle that goes with it.

I really wanted to like this book because the premise seemed really interesting. I tries so many times however to read it and I just could not get into it. I am not saying that this is totally a bad book, because I believe that there may be an audience for this story and the writing style. I just happened to not be that audience. I appreciate the author's attempt at writing a story with this subject matter and that subject matter was actually what made me want to read it in the first place. However, once I started I was having a tough time sticking with it and had to keep trying to read the book over again. All in all I think that there may be people who enjoy this book, but it just was not for me.

I think that this is a good book for teens to read, and for schools and libraries to have as a part of their collection. It’s different than most, with a strong connection to the you tube blogging generation. The characters are diverse and it feels natural.

This book broke me. I can’t wait to get everyone I know to read it. Thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for an e-arc in exchange for an honest review.

Fit, trying to become a YouTube sensation has her world rocked when she finds out her mother that tried to kill her when she was 3 years old is coming back to live with her. It’s been 14 years and Fit still resents her. However, maybe faking a relationship with her mom will get her more subscribers.

The book took me a while to get into it. I thought about giving up, but I persevered. The story line was enjoyable, but Fit comes off as a selfish brat. I appreciate her sarcastic quality, but she is always quick to fly off the handle and I felt like she thought the world owed her something. As the book goes on, she does become more likable though. However, I think her personality in the beginning of the book made the whole book less enjoyable.

Tinfoil Crowns actually addresses a growing problem for an upcoming generation, internet stardom. In this story a girl is a YouTube star, and the hell with everything else. She's so concerned about her fans, these strangers and weirdos. But, actually living face to face matters much less. I disliked this book because of the values and lifestyle it promotes.

(ARC provided by Netgalley in exchange for my honest opinion.)

Fit is a rising star on Youtube. She shares her life and her hilarious antics with her online friends. She's good at it and it helps fill the void of loneliness she can't seem to shake. It's her ticked out of her small town, her dead end job, and the tiny apartment she shares with Dubs and her brother.

But she doesn't share everything with her fans. Like how her mom tried to kill her and her little brother when she was three. Postpartum psychosis, they called it, but Fit doesn't care what they call it. All she cares about is the fact that her mother is being released from prison... and coming to stay with her, Frankie, and Dubs. It's not long until her fans find out, and Fit knows what brings the views. Will a reunion with her mother get her where she needs to be? Is she willing to find out?

At first, I wasn't sure I was going to like this book. The premise sounded so interesting, but when I started reading, I was just *so mad* at her family! Her brother wanted his mother back, and acted like nothing devastating ever happened. She was scared, and her grandfather was just welcoming his daughter back with open arms. What about poor Fit?! Talk about traumatic!

As I read, though, I got sucked into Fit's world, and as annoying as she could be, I could see *why*. I loved the side bits where we got to see things from River's point of view... I think, had those not been included, I would have been way less into the mother-daughter relationship. Before too long, I had warmed to River, and even wanted Fit to stop being such a jerk to her, so that speaks to the author's ability to sway my stance.

I feel like there's not really much I can say without giving away things that are way too good to read about in the moment, so all I'll say is that this book really surprised me with how much I ended up invested in the characters, and their storylines.

This book is well worth reading, although I wished the ending was a little different... but only because I didn't want the book to end!