Eliza and Her Monsters

Really liked this one. I empathized with a lot of Eliza's struggles, anxieties and depression. This book came at a perfect time for me. I've been stressed about work and have really no solid reason to be stressed by it because it is going well. Mental health is really something you have to work at, like physical and emotional health, they're all tied together.

I loved the incorporation of letters in this book because they served as a way for characters to reveal themselves, expose themselves in a way that's rare and difficult to do in person. It was a common theme throughout the whole book, expressing yourself in a medium that's deliberate and thoughtful.

Overall a great read and would highly recommend to those familiar with fandom but also to those in need of a little validation that being stressed, keeping others at bay, and being quiet can be a part of who you are. Even if you're doing well and your life is stable, that doesn't necessarily mean that you are or have to be. The biggest thing I learned from this book is that you have to be willing to open yourself to others when you feel like you're the only person in the world that's feeling what you're feeling. It will always be that others have felt the same, or can at least understand and possibly even shed light on what you're going through.