by Helen Fitzgerald
A video of teenager Su, doing stuff she shouldn't be doing, goes viral and everyone she knows has seen it. She refuses to go home with sister Leah who got her into this mess in the first place. Such a lot of unsavoury characters, none of whom I empathised with, not even Su. Although this was well wr...
I sucked twelve cocks in Magaluf.So far, twenty-three thousand and ninety-six people have seen me do this. They might include my mother, my father, my little sister, my grandmother, my other grandmother, my grandfather, my boss, my sixth-year biology teacher and my boyfriend of six weeks, James.Hele...
I first became aware of Viral when the opening line went 'viral' on social media. Reminiscent of headlines in the UK press a few years ago it tells a tale of how an all girls holiday to Magaluf was ruined by alcohol and drugs. And other people.Su had never wanted to go on the holiday but was forced ...
It’s the book with THAT opening line, the one that I just HAD to read to see what the fuss was about. Well, what an opening line it is but actually what a book it is, a truly modern tale that just could not have existed even ten years ago. As a parent of late teens/early twenties boys, the summer...
Viral is a very modern day story with a great plot, is fast paced, sometimes tense, and often thought provoking.Gone are the days when teenagers are encouraged to read Go Ask Alice to put them off making the same mistakes. Teenagers seem much wiser and clued up on sex and drugs these days. Now is th...
Absolutely brilliant novel - Helen Fitzgerald has a really REALLY good eye for characters and this is a socially relevant storyline that is really quite scary if you think too much about it. Killer opening line followed by a killer tale this is highly recommended. Hoping to have Helen on the blog on...