Summary:
Cinderella goes to the con in this fandom-fueled twist on the classic fairy tale.
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.
Review:
This book was so perfect!! It's relatable and funny and so so cute and I couldn't find a single thing wrong with it.
So, one of the things that I thought I should mentions is that I didn't know anything about the fandom that they were following except it seems like a spin-off of Star Wars. And I originally thought that would make this book hard to understand, but it didn't change anything at all.
So about the characters, I felt like they were all pretty well developed and interesting, but for sure my favorite had to be Darien. When he becomes and actor for Starfield, everyone assumes he's a jerk who's in for the money, but most people don't know that before he was famous he was a fan of this show. He wanted to act in it because of how much he loved it. He was just the cutest dork ever!!! This plays into the theme that you shouldn't judge people before getting to know them.
And I really LOVED the text conversations between Elle and Darien it was just so cute and quirky!
I thought her stepsisters and stepmother were being just the right amount of evil without being over the top. For example her step mother does ask her to do chores, but she doesn't always act mean with her. And her stepsisters do talk bad about her, but a lot of the times they're in their room making Youtube videos.
But most of all, I really loved the Cinderella Twist! It was just soo perfect in a way that there isn't too much of Cinderella and there's only just a little bit. Like how they went to a con and had a costume contest. I just loved the scene of the two of them dancing at the ball.
"The ballroom is dark, decorated in shades of purple and blue. Pinions of light spiral around like
shooting stars. And it’s full, so full of people. I stare at them in unabashed wonderment. Dad told
me about this ball. How he pictured it. He used to sit on the foot of my bed and paint a picture in
the air with his hands.
“It’ll be huge—grand! Dark, like space, but not dark enough that you can’t see. And everyone
dressed up. Look, there’s a Spock over there! Is he dancing with Chewbacca? A Turian with a Nox!
Can you believe that, Elle? The things you never thought you’d see right there. It’ll be a universe
inside our universe that exists for only a few hours. Only,” he added, “until the stroke of midnight.”"
It was just so magical. And I thought it was so quirky how the Pumpkin from Cinderella is actually a vegetarian food truck! It's really creative and it's a nice modern twist.
I have to admit, at first, I wasn't totally sure of I liked it, but it was really so good and as a total geek, I could relate to how she felt about her fandom. I definitely recommend this!
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