Geek girl Elle Wittimer lives and breathes Starfield, the classic sci-fi series she grew up watching with her late father. So when she sees a cosplay contest for a new Starfield movie, she has to enter. The prize? An invitation to the ExcelsiCon Cosplay Ball, and a meet-and-greet with the actor slated to play Federation Prince Carmindor in the reboot. With savings from her gig at the Magic Pumpkin food truck (and her dad s old costume), Elle s determined to win unless her stepsisters get there first. Teen actor Darien Freeman used to live for cons before he was famous. Now they re nothing but autographs and awkward meet-and-greets. Playing Carmindor is all he s ever wanted, but Starfield fandom has written him off as just another dumb heartthrob. As ExcelsiCon draws near, Darien feels more and more like a fake until he meets a girl who shows him otherwise. But when she disappears at midnight, will he ever be able to find her again? Part romance, part love letter to nerd culture, and all totally adorbs, Geekerella is a fairy tale for anyone who believes in the magic of fandom.
There was a lot of things that I loved and didn't love about this book. I loved the idea of a geeky Cinderella retelling and I think the author did a good job with all the geekiness. The only downside was that it was maybe a little too geeky? Like everything had to related to this one tv series which I get but at time it felt like A LOT. I was also expecting more references to other fandoms like Harry Potter or Star Wars. There were some brief mentions of them but I was hoping for more. I was hooing that I'd get to fangirl with the characters instead of not knowing what they were talking about most of the time.
Besides that it was a pretty cute book. The romance was a little too cheesy but in a cute way so it was easy to overlook. I'd still recommend this book to any Cinderella Story lovers and those who like a quick and easy read.
