I received an advanced reader copy (ARC) of this book from a friend at Houghton Mifflin Publishing CO. It is the sequel to Barry Lyga's The Astonishing Adventures of Fanboy & Goth Girl- Goth Girl Rising. I just finished it and I LOVED it!
I liked the first book- it's about a troubled girl named Kyra- her mother died of lung cancer and she's not dealing well- go figure. She becomes friends with a kid who is writing a graphic novel whom she calls Fanboy (Lyga himself is a comic book geek- he actually worked in the industry for 10 years). He seems to understand her, or at least they can be outacasts together.
In the sequel Kyra has been away for a while and she is angry about alot of things- why she went away, her friends, her dad, Fanboy. It's how she comes to terms with her troubles and anger- with the help of Neil Gaiman and his Sandman series and characters, that makes this story great. I simply could not put it down and would highly recommend it. The cover is good, but not what I expected-don't let it set you off the book.