Trixie Watson has two very important goals for senior year: to finally save enough to buy the set of Dr. Who figurines at the local comic books store, and to place third in her class and knock Ben West and his horrendous new moustache that he spent all summer growing down to number four. Trixie will do anything to get her name ranked over Ben's, including give up sleep and comic books well, maybe not comic books but definitely sleep. After all, the war of Watson v. West is as vicious as the Doctor v. Daleks and Browncoats v. Alliance combined, and it goes all the way back to the infamous monkey bars incident in the first grade. Over a decade later, it's time to declare a champion once and for all. The war is Trixie's for the winning, until her best friend starts dating Ben's best friend and the two are unceremoniously dumped together and told to play nice. Finding common ground is odious and tooth-pullingly- painful, but Trixie and Ben's cautious truce slowly transforms into a fandom-based tentative friendship.
When Trixie's best friend gets expelled for cheating and Trixie cries foul play, however, they have to choose who to believe and which side they're on and they might not pick the same side.
I had read Not Now, Not Ever, and knew I wanted to read more of Lily Anderson's books. The book was full-on fun from beginning to end, and it was chock full of the type of nerdy references I love. Well, I think this book was just as good, if not better.
I couldn't have asked for a more fun group of kids to spend a few hours with. Each was interesting enough on their own, but it was the interactions between them that really charmed me. The banter was the stuff nerd dreams are made of, and I just had the best time with them.
It was great getting to spend a little bit of time with some of these characters in Not Now, Not Ever, but it would be even better, if Anderson give them a sequel. I know I would read it.
The humor, the friendship, the fun -- I adored it all, and I am pretty sure a smile will invade my face any time someone mentions this book to me.
