Editing Emma by Chloe Seager

Editing Emma

by Chloe Seager

‘I am so glad I read this book. It’s like an old friend who will cheer you up and make you feel a bit better about all those times you’ve made a twit of yourself.’ Alex Bell, author of Frozen Charlotte

‘Great for fans of Holly Bourne’ Katy Birchall, author of The It Girl

‘According to Netflix, this is NOT how my teenage life is supposed to look.’

When Emma Nash is ghosted by love of her life Leon Naylor, she does what any girl would do – spends the summer avoiding all human contact, surrounded by the Chewit wrappers he left behind.

Seeing Leon suddenly ‘in a relationship’ on Facebook, however, spurs Emma into action. She vows to use the internet for good (instead of stalking Leon’s social media),chronicling her adventures on her new Editing Emma blog.

But life online doesn’t always run smoothly.

From finding her mum’s Tinder profile, to getting catfished and accidentally telling the entire world why Leon Naylor is worth no girl’s virginity… Surely nothing else could go wrong?!

Reviewed by Leah on

2 of 5 stars

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Not a fan of this one. I thought it sounded interesting and it's perfect for Louise Rennison fans... but I just didn't get the hype. It's supposed to be a blog, but I've never seen a blog where someone posts so much, unless it's a Tumblr and even then, it was fairly dull. Yes, it's open about sexuality and stuff but Emma just baffles me. She's clearly suffering after her break up with Leon (which we know nothing about really, so it's kinda hard to care) yet she's obsessed with finding a new lad to go out with? Yeah because that's healthy?? I just idk I didn't like it. Considering Emma was supposed to be 16 - which is an adult in England - she came across really young/childish.

It needs a strong voice when it's just a blog for the entire novel and for me, Emma couldn't carry that narrative off. I read it all and I just reached the end and I was like that was it??? That's what I spent my time reading?? It was disappointing.

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