Geek girl Elle Wittimer lives and breathes Starfield, the classic science-fiction 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 has 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.
Geekerella by Ashley Poston
Title: Geekerella
Author: Ashley Poston
Publishing Date: May 15th,2018
Pages: 320
Publisher: Quirk Books
My Thoughts
Thanks to NetGalley for providing me with a digital arc in exchange for an honest Review!
It was one of the hyped books and I was afraid to start it when I found it on NetGalley I couldn’t resist to request it and when I added it on my April Tbr everyone was like Geekerella is Awesome, Amazing, My favourite, These comments made me more scared , I was avoiding it then finally one day I started it after that scenario was inverse I didn’t want to put it down, I even awake late at night which is so dangerous because it is my mother’s trigger point If she found one of us, sibling, awake late night So believe me it was that good…
“Look to the stars. Aim. Ignite.”
Ashley Poston is without a doubt an amazing writer, She made me love a book, the majority of story setting is in space, I am not a fan of space and space crafts, I haven’t watch star wars or stuff similar to it. Still, I ended up loving this book sooooo much. Also replaced Cinder which was my favourite re-telling of Cinderella.It is Modern Cinderella which doesn’t mean you are not going to attach to characters because you already know the story.
Elle was a very likeable character, a type of character you felt all the emotions with. She is not the exaggerated perfect character who can do anything, She is a teenager who is scared of people, can’t stand for her rights in front of her mother or step-sisters, But she is also the one who lives in her Starfield world with her father and mother’s memories, and share her feelings on her blog and not scared to embrace love when she found it.
“I’m half of my father. Half of my hero. And I am half of my mother. Half soft sighs and half sharp edges. And if they can be Carmindor and Amara–then somewhere in my blood and bones I can be too. I’m the lost princess. I’m the villain of my story and the hero. Part of my mom and part of my dad. I am a fact of the universe. The Possible and the Impossible. I am no one. I am my parents’ daughter, and then I realize–I realize that in this universe they’re alive too. They’re alive through me. Fashioning my hands into a pistol, I point it at the ceiling, lifting my chin, raising my eyes against the blinding stage lights, and I ignite the stars.”
Darien Freeman, an 18 years old actor who is recently cast as Prince Carmindor of Federation which is a remake of evergreen show Starfields is kind of slave of his father’s order. He, himself is a huge fan of Starfield and scared to act as Prince Carmindor and Starfield real fans are so angry as they thought he can’t fill Prince Carmindor boot’s and selected because he is coloured and on his father’s source not due to his talent, Another nail in the coffin is Rebelgunner Blogger, who is judging his every act and writing against him and became favourite of Stargunners, When he found a strange girl on unknown no, he felt connected to her and texting her day and night without revealing his identity.
“When you can’t win the fight, you get bigger guns.”
Sage is a friend Elle is missing for her whole life she is her fairy Godmother in disguise of a friend.
Catherine, Step-monster and Chole step-sister is as hateable as in every re-telling, I literally wanted to punch Chloe in her face.
All the other characters were well-developed and interesting.
This story is super cute with perfect element of Romance, Ending was so perfect any Cinderella re-telling is incomplete without a Glass slipper even if there is no need of it
“And if we’re both looking up at the same sky, how far apart can we REALLY be? What were the odds of us being put on the same slab of rock in this huge universe?”
I highly recommend this book if you like re-tellings.
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