Scarlett Epstein Hates It Here touches on a lot of classic Gretchen-bait tropes, so this was right up my alley. There's online fandom, snarky teenage girls, feminism, and pop culture. Scarlett Epstein, who really, really hates her life sometimes, has one more thing to hate when her favorite TV show is canceled. Lycanthrope High (think Buffy, but with werewolves and a touch more CW drama) was the only thing Scarlett ever liked, except for her best friend Avery and her elderly-but-not-sweet next door neighbor, Ruth. 
 I loved that this book delved into the intricacies of online friendship, which I always felt was missing from Fangirl. Scarlett's a good writer and she's exceptionally good at retreating into her fanfic instead of dealing with real life. She spends a lot of time taking care of her mom--I found their relationship to be wonderfully well-rounded. Scarlett's writer dad and new wife are involved in her life, but never as much as she would like them to be. (And, oh, I love what the book does with that dynamic.) She misses Gideon, her childhood best friend and fellow Lycanthrope High nerd, but he's perilously close to the popular kids these days. There are no neat answers to her life, but there is growth. 
 One of my favorite parts of this book--the humor--is also the part where I had to occasionally suspend my disbelief a bit. Scarlett is pop culture savvy, but in the manner of Gilmore Girls, it sometimes seems a bit implausible that a single person of that age could know or joke about all of these topics. Like, my friends and I quote Clueless, which makes sense for our generation, but when Scarlett tells a friend, "Way harsh, Tai!" I kinda rolled my eyes a bit. But on the flipside, I laughed so much while reading this. So, so much. Like this, for instance: "[I discovered], to my disappointment, that Kubler-Ross is one person, whereas I'd always pictured that Kubler and Ross were two lifelong best friends until Kubler passed away in a freak umlaut accident and Ross was left bereft on his knees, screaming, "KUBLERRRRR!" And eventually he got it together and put his grief to good use by coming up with those stages." 
 Recommended to anyone who's ever been in a fandom.