The Secret Loves of Geek Girls is a non-fiction anthology mixing prose, comics, and illustrated stories on the lives and loves of an amazing cast of female creators. Featuring work by Margaret Atwood (The Heart Goes Last), Mariko Tamaki (This One Summer), Trina Robbins (Wonder Woman), Marguerite Bennett (Marvel's A-Force), Noelle Stevenson (Nimona), Marjorie Liu (Monstress), Carla Speed McNeil (Finder), and over fifty more creators. It's a compilation of tales told from both sides of the tables: from the fans who love video games, comics, and sci-fi to those that work behind the scenes: creators and industry insiders.
I don't think I can fairly give this a rating because a) half of the pictures in my digital library edition wouldn't load, so I couldn't read the book in its entirety, and b) my expectations were way, way off.
Like Kelly Sue Deconnick, the comic book writer that did the foreword, I thought "secret loves" meant "unexpected passions", as in weird hobbies and interests. It's nothing like that. It's mostly about romance and sexuality. I also thought the whole thing would be a graphic novel. And fiction. So I was super setting myself up for a disappointing time.
On the plus side, I did rediscover a couple comic book writers that I used to follow over a decade ago.
