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Kyra Sellers, a.k.a, Goth Girl, has just been released from the Maryland Mental Health Unit after her father had her committed. Its been six long months. Time has no meaning when youre in a mental ward. Once Kyra is released she finds life has gone on for her so-called friends Jecca and Simone. But the one person she cared about, Fanboy, seems to have forgotten her. Plus it appears he doesnt need her anymore.


This is too much for Kyra to take. So she plots revenge. It was her after all that believed in Fanboy and his comic book Schemata when no one else did. Now he has a second rate place publishing it. Kyra becomes busy with her plan to take him down.

I really enjoyed the first book The Astonishing Adventures of Fanboy and Goth Girl which introduces us to Kyra. This sequel continues the story but through Kyras eyes. I really could feel Kyras struggles and conflicts after shes released from the mental institution. Her anger is totally believable. Kyra could have easily been portrayed as a very angry, unlikeable character. But the author shows us glimpses of her vulnerability, that even Kyra doesnt know about. Like how she hasnt come to terms with her mothers death to cancer and her whole relationship with her father Roger. The scenes where she questions her own sexuality are real too.


Fans of Barry Lyga wont be disappointed. I couldnt put this story down. I wanted to know more about Kyra and the choices and decisions shed make. Lyga shows us a troubled but fleshed out heroine, who only really wants to be understood and not forgotten.