An enchanting YA romance from the New York Times best-selling author of The Dead Romantics.
Cinderella goes to the con in this fandom-fueled twist on the classic fairy tale romance.
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. 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 the 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.
First of all: Thank you very much for giving me this ARC NetGalley !!
Ohhhh I LOVED this one !!! It was so cute and emotional and full of Cinderella awesomeness.
I love all the fandom in here, the cosplay, the con.. just so great !! I love those kind of things, and even though I'm not brave enough to cosplay, I've been to a couple of Con's myself and I love it. All the geeks together haha, just great !!
Elle was a great MC, been through so much and she has the most awful people around her. I really felt for her and Darien. I loved how real Darien was, and read about him being in a movie and what it entails ^^
And can we talk about Sage for a moment? She was awesome !! She took Elle under her wing and helped her out so much. She was a great friend and I really liked reading about their developing friendship !!
The only thing that well, I can't say it really bothered me, because it didn't.. but I did notice some things that made me think of Cinder & Ella. Okay like most of the plot is basically the same. But it was just so sweet and addictive and that made it okay?
All in all a great read. Not like super tragic or anything, but a lovely, geeky, piece of fandom awesomeness.
