BLOG STOP~ANGST by Victoria Swayer

Blurb:

***Recommended for ages 17+ for adult themes and frequent use of harsh language.

There are two things I want out of my freshman year of college: to hook up with confusing hottie Jared and to chug some beer as soon as possible. 

Getting wasted is like purely medicinal freedom. I murder my secret and constant soul sucking fear and tense nervous body beneath 17 glorious shots of pseudo-sanity. And destroying self-conscious crazy me reveals a sexy confident stranger who likes to try wild new things. 

Then there’s the Jared complication, the guy with the Halloween costume that features his ripped and naked chest. It’s an attraction I can’t deny. Too bad I can’t understand what he wants because half the time we’re making out on the dance floor and the other half we’re screaming at each other about whether or not I’m a party slut. 

And as the year party-crashes to an end, my drunk-scapades and severe panic attacks want me to pay up, big time. What little sanity I started out with is clinging by a thin thread and when that thread snaps, I’m lying on the cold basement floor of my parents’ house, a loaded hand gun kissing my hot tear streaked forehead.

As I’m craving the freedom and soothing blackness of death, he calls and I open up like a fire hose of self-hating hot mess. After we hang up, I make a choice.

REVIEW

Firstly I have to applauded Victoria Swayer for writing such a story and sharing her own heartbreaking experiences with with us.   Various members of my family suffers with mental health issues and I know first hand the stigma and discrimination they face daily. You are incredibly brave and courageous.

My heart bleed at times reading the inner dialogue Victoria has with herself, the self loafing and defication was hard to also read.

Her low self esteem and insecurities mirrors what a lot of young people see and feel about themselves today. 

Everyone will be able to take something away from this book, no matter who you are, there will be something in here that you will be able to relate to. 

There were such sweet moments like Victoria and Jared playing Lego / lego fight how sweet is that?!? Or him simply supporting her. 

It's very well written, sexy and funny  a great combination. 

Angst is the perfect title, because it was filled with Angst, pain and suffering also.

Throughout the book I am rooting for Victoria to find someone she can open up to, who will accept and love her just the way she is and aid her to cope with her anxiety. 

Four genuine heart felt stars. The only reason I'm not giving this book a five star is because of the layout of the book the constant back and forth that was the only thing that got on my nerves a little. Apart from that every thing else was perfect. 

I recommend this book to everyone the storyline is gripping, captivating and real, the more you read the more the layers start to peel away getting to the heat of the story. 

All the characters are real, and you really get to know and like them as individuals. 

If you are looking for a book that is truly worthy of your time, then look no further. 

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Author Bio:

"Passionate about writing, graphic design, creativity. Fueled by the light and dark. Beauty, color, euphoria, artistic frenzy, depression, panic, anxiety."

What you see on the outside is not what you get on the inside. On the outside, Victoria Sawyer is polished, confident, put together, but on the inside things are a bit different. She's creative, thoughts whirling, anxious, alternately depressed and happy or self-critical and confident, energetic, charismatic, cranky and panicked. 

She has suffered from panic attacks, anxiety and depression since the age of 10 and has been writing for just about as long. Her love of writing started as journal entries as therapy and eventually morphed into a melding of fact and fiction. Sometimes writing drives her to drink or drinking drives her to write or sometimes it's depression, anger, mental illness or love. 

Angst is a story she has always wanted to tell, a fiction retelling of her own struggles as a college freshman. Her goal is to be completely honest about mental illness and life's struggles and to reduce the stigma of mental disorders. She hopes to follow up with a second book featuring Victoria in the future. For more Wicked Victoria, visit her blog: http://www.angstanxietypanic.wordpress.com

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