(TW for suicide & death) I devoured this novel. This was an excellent portrayal of mental illness (anxiety and depression). Eliza is the creator of a popular web-comic, Monsterous Sea and essentially is "internet famous". Eliza lives two lives, her in-real-life as Eliza Mirk and her internet-life as LadyConstellation where she talks on fourms and chats with other fans of the web-comic.

One day at school, she is introduced to a new student Wallace, who she later befriends. I really enjoyed their relationship, they talked through note paper. Wallace balances Eliza and helps her out of her Internet bubble and into real world settings.

I loved how realistic the characters were especially Eliza's parents. Her parents don't understand her Internet life opposed to in-real-life, something that many introverted teenagers can relate to. Young adult novels often lack parents and I was very glad that Eliza included parents that had a major role in their teens life.

This novel was an excellent portrayal of anxiety and depression. I have dealt with depression and I live with general anxiety & social anxiety. I felt that I could relate to Eliza a lot during the times of her anxiety was at it's highest. The talk of depression goes in depth and I liked how it didn't just relate to the MC but to others around her, too.

Eliza and Her Monsters is a must read for fans of mental illness novels, fandom & Internet culture. It's a page turner and will have you reading until late into the night!