Review and Interview with Author Victoria Sawyer

Today, I'm spotlighting a different type of story on my blog. I won a copy of this book in a blog hop giveaway and am so glad I did. 

Title: Angst
Author: Victoria Sawyer
ASIN: B00BD76BHA
Amazon: http://amzn.com/B00BD76BHA

Perhaps I can convince you that not only do I have a massive secret drinking problem, but I’m bulimic too. Awesome! All the things I’m not, simply to hide the one thing I am. And that one thing I’m hiding? 

I. Am. Crazy. 

And all I want to do is get drunk and go to college parties to escape who I am when sober, but drinking to erase my problems leads to even bigger problems and soon my frantic anxiety and panic is worse than ever before. I’ve lost everything, my ability to leave the house and even my will to live. 

And as I lay there on the freezing basement floor, a loaded handgun pressed to my head in a cold kiss, he calls. After we hang up, I make a choice.

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

Review
If you suffer from panic attacks or any type of debilitating anxiety (or know someone who does) and you feel alone or confused, you'll want to read this. Victoria has a knack for describing the mental and physical pains of anxiety. Her writing feels honest, brutally so, and is packed with raw emotion.

Many of the passages touched me on a deep level and I found myself teary-eyed on more than one occasion while reading.

Don't think that Angst is all serious, sad and depressing. There is some outrageous and raunchy dialogue between the main character and her girlfriends and it cracked me up a few times. It was much appreciated levity in between truly emotional sequences.

I recommend Angst.