Ahhhhh. A high 4.5 stars to this glorious book.

I loved Geekerella and was really looking forward to reading this. And it definitely didn’t let me down at all. It still has the elements of fandom and con love that Geekerella has, but also has fun mistaken identities and f/f rep and dealing with fandom bullshit. 😍😍😍

There were a few places I thought it relied a little on having read Geekerella, but otherwise it works really well on its own.

I love the whole “let’s swap places” trope, more of that in all my books, yes please! And the two romance storylines were super cute (I know, I know, I can’t believe I said that either!). I was really cheering them both on.

I also loved the mini mystery / heist elements, they are so fun and really worked with the story.

I want to discuss Jess - the way it portrays her life, both the good and definitely the bad, but also her realising that she didn’t know how to be “normal” easily. I loved her for all of that. I also loved how we saw most of her life’s hardships through Mo’s eyes - largely about how the fans reacted. That did a great job of going into it without it feeling personal, though obviously it is.

I loved Mo too, but Jess was it for me. And Mo’s brother. He’s awesome.

Obviously I love this, so just go read it!!

Did I like this book? Yes, I did. Did I love it? Nae, not really. It's a perfectly sweet book, just like Geekerella. It has representation, sweet friendships, cute love stories and loads of geekiness. I do love geeks.
I liked the fact that we got both sides of the fandom-life. The positive, the love, the negative and the hardships.

If you liked Geekerella, I definitely recommend you reading this. It is a bit slow, though, and I preferred Imogen's POV. You can definitely say that their personalities shone through, though!
So, by the two books, I prefer the first, but this does stand good on its own. I'd recommend reading Geekerella first, though. Having read it two or so years ago, I was somewhat confused by some of the references made in this book.

I'll be clicking home this book to my library, so it can join it's older sibling and perhaps I'll reread them both and get an even better readers experience.

Thank you, Netgalley and the publisher for the advanced copy in exchange for an honest review.

/ Denise

[To be published on The Nerd Daily on April 2nd]

*Screams in fangirl*

Imogen Lovelace is an ordinary fangirl with an impossible mission: stop her favourite character, Princess Amara, from her favourite franchise, Starfield, from dying. Unfortunately for her, Jessica Stone, who plays Amara, wants the exact opposite. She wants nothing more than the lay Amara to rest, and move on to bigger and better things. But when a case of mistaken identity brings the two look-alikes together, Jess and Imogen all of a sudden have much bigger issues to worry about.

While they start out as instant enemies when Starfield’s sequel script is suddenly leaked, and Jess is the most likely suspect, she turns to Imogen for help. The girls decide to switch places, and while Jess looks for the script (and deals with the reality of Imogen’s very pretty con booth partner), Imogen gets thrust into the scrutiny of the other side of fan culture. With the help of new and old friends, the two “princesses” race to find the script-leaker, and on the way, they each must redefine what it means to live happily ever after.

Guys. This. Book. Is. Adorable. I loved Geekerella, and that was pretty darn cute, but The Princess and the Fangirl? Holy hell, this was easily the sweetest, funnest, most light-hearted story (whilst also hitting some surprisingly deep notes) that I’ve read in a long while.

This book came along at just the right time for me and I solidly believe that when that happens, it’s an underappreciated miracle. The benefit to reading contemporary has always been that it’s far easier to find something of yourself between the pages of the book as they’re often going through something equivalent to what your going through, at least, certainly more so than when you read a fantasy novel. But books like Princess and the Fangirl hit to an even deeper level, because they speak of something we’re all heavily a part of here: fan culture.

"As our friends in the Federation always say – Look to the stars!” “Aim!” echoes everyone on the showroom floor and I join in for the final word: “Ignite!” Cheers rise up across the showroom floor, and I close my eyes and relish it, because there's nothing quite like the possibility of another ExcelsiCon."

First of all, a note on representation: there is some! Of our main characters, we have Jess, who is in a f/f relationship with a black love interest. Another character is Ethan, who is Japanese-American, and then we have Imogen, who has two mums and a gay brother. But I think what the most amazing part about the kind of on-page representation we get out of Ashley Poston, is that it’s so normal. All the characters are who they are, and ethnicity and sexual orientation is simply a fact and this is something we need more of all literature, not just in YA.

Jess’s character was particularly important to the story because of what she represents. Her character isn’t at all into geek culture, but she is the female main character in a rebooted fantasy/sci-fi series, and she deals with a lot of fallout from that. The book directly references the abuse Jess received on her social media, and how places like Instagram and Twitter foster trolls that drive these women to their wits end. It speaks of women like Daisy Ridley and Kelly Marie Tran, and how this exact side of the fandom is what drove them off the internet.

Not just from Jess’s perspective, but Imogen’s (as she’s now in Jess’s shoes) it also speaks of misogyny and the sexual abuse that women are the victims of at Cons, and while these moments weren’t always described in the best way - it seemed as if Poston was almost too worked up while writing them, and so they aren’t as smooth as some of the other parts of the book. However, it’s so beyond important that they are there.

The relationships in this book: familial, friend, and romantic, are all explored amazingly. It’s shocking how much depth and growth Poston can put into what is realistically not a very long book. At no point did either of the romantic relationships seem forced, there was insta-attraction, but no insta-love - thank goodness! And I especially loved the relationship between Imogen and her brother, Milo. There’s a scene involving the two of them that made me feel so much emotion, because it felt very raw, and real, and as someone with siblings… I felt it in my soul. Because that’s what Poston does, she makes you feel things.

But all together, my ultimate favourite part of this book is the loving side of fan culture as it spoke to a part of me that often gets neglected. Poston makes it okay to be weird, and quirky, and obsessed with things other people don’t understand. She understands that fandoms are family, but that sometimes, the people in your real world don’t quite understand it, and so you can feel a little lonely. The overwhelming morale of this story is that it’s okay to be unapologetic about who you really are. A universal truth, but not one widely acknowledged.

"We need those stories, too. Stories that tell us that we can be bold and brash and make mistakes and still come out better on the other side."

The plot is fun and fast moving; it’s set at a con, so it spans four days, and at no time did it drag or feel bogged down. There are also some fun cameos from characters in Geekerella (although you needn't have read that book to understand this one). It is described as a Prince and the Pauper retelling, so keep in mind that the story is designed to read like a modern fairytale, and that sometimes, fairytales require us to suspend belief and understand the good always triumphs over evil. Perhaps one of the examples to give you hear is that I was rooting for Jess and Harper’s relationship, despite it being based on a lie… but if you can’t root for the love interests in a fairytale… than this probably isn’t the right book for you.

Overall, The Princess and the Fangirl is fun, and charming, and lighthearted. It has great POC and LGBT representation and it is full of references to fan culture, both old and new (there was even a Yu-Gi-Oh reference in there). And really, it made me remember what it was like to be 17 and unsure of who I was, and what my place was in the world. All the freaking stars to this book!

Is it appropriate to say that I'm fangirling over "The Princes and the Fangirl?" What an absolute delight to read and a fantastic companion to "Geekerella." The representation is spot on and fangirls and fanboys will be falling all over themselves rooting for that Happily Ever After! Can't wait to see this one in our collection!

*Screams in fangirl*

Books that come along at the right time, and that hit exactly where you need them to, are an underappreciated miracle, The Princess and the Fangirl was one of those.
This book is sweet, and happy, and funny, and real, and it was all together amazing.

First of all, a note on representation-- there is some! Of our main characters, we have Jess, who is in a f/f relationship with a black love interest. Another character is Ethan, who is Japanese- American, and then we have Imogen, who has two mums and a gay brother. But I think what the most amazing part about the kind of on-page representation we get out of Ashley Poston, is that it’s so NORMAL, all the characters are who they are, and ethnicity and sexual orientation is simply a fact of that, not something to be particularly focused on. This kind of "normalcy" is something we need more of in all literature, not just in YA.

But all together, my ultimate favourite part of this book is the fan culture- it spoke to a part of me that often gets neglected. Poston makes it okay to be weird, and quirky, and obsessed with things other people don’t understand. She understands that fandoms are family, but that sometimes, the people in your real world don’t quite understand it, and so you can feel a little lonely. The overwhelming morale of this story is that it’s okay to be unapologetic about who you really are. A universal truth, but not one widely acknowledged.

The plot is fun and fast moving; it’s set at a con, so it spans four days, and at no time did it drag or feel bogged down. There are also some fun cameos from characters in Geekerella (although you needn't have read that book to understand this one).

Overall, I have nothing negative to say. I loved this book, and I had a hell of a time reading it.

Imogen has a famous doppelganger - Jess, the actor who plays Princess Amara. Returning to the world set up in "Geekerella," we once again visit a fan convention where not everything is as it seems and the fans are out to make their visions come true. A fun story of mistaken identity, being a celebrity for a day, and finding out what's truly important in life, both fictional and in real life.

This was exactly what it was sold as! I'm not usually one for contemporary fiction, so it wasn't my favorite, but I think a lot of teens will love it, and I may even booktalk as I don't have a ton of contemporary fiction to booktalk. It was perhaps a bit predictable, but these books often are, and I think readers of the genre or lovers of fandom will really love it.

I really enjoy this series. It's incredibly fun and sweet, and I love the fandom aspect. I feel like I had a huge smile on my face the whole time I was reading it (which was nice, because I also had major allergies---thanks, pollen!).

I wasn't a huge fan of the leaked script aspect, but it made a convenient reason for why the two would need to switch places. 

I hope there are more books in this world, but I'm really happy we got this one. This is the perfect book for a vacation read and I loved Jess. It takes a bit of time to get to know her (she's very guarded) but once we do get there, it's worth all the waiting and the effort.

Return to ExcelsiCon in The Princess and the Fangirl. This modern-day geekified version of The Prince and the Pauper is a sequel to Ashley Poston’s Geekerella and has a similar charm and sense of whimsy.

While it isn’t necessary to have read Geekerella to read The Princess and the Fangirl, it will probably help, as one of the POV characters in this story is Jess, Darien’s co-star from the first book. Jess wants to be a “serious” actress and resents the popularity of Starfield. Her character, Amara, was killed at the end of the first movie, and she’s eager to return to films with more gravitas. But she is in a holding pattern as the studio waffles about bringing her character back. The “pauper” in this tale is Imogen, the founder of the #SaveAmara campaign, whose online petition has over 50,000 signatures. She also happens to look a lot like Jess, which is how she accidentally ends up sitting on a panel at ExcelsiCon in Jess’s place. Later, when Jess discovers that someone stole her copy of the Starfield sequel script and is leaking it on Twitter, she proposes to Imogen that the two switch places so that Jess has the time to track down the thief.

The Prince and the Pauper isn’t quite as ubiquitous a tale as Cinderella. I’m sure everyone knows the basic premise, and as the concept has been repeated many times, there is no one singular canon to adhere to, so there weren’t that many cheeky nods to the original story as there were in Geekerella. One thing that made me sad was that the people closest to Imogen recognize Jess immediately, but very few people who know Jess can tell that Imogen is not her. I tried very hard to suspend my disbelief, but for much of the book I sat there wondering just how much Imogen actually resembles Jess if that many people were fooled by the switch.

The Princess and the Fangirl, like Geekerella, features a romance between two women (actually, a couple!). However, in this book, it’s one of the main characters instead of two side characters. Jess, forced to man Imogen’s convention booth, ends up falling for Harper, her booth partner. There are no sexuality crises in this story – both girls are openly queer (Jess reveals in the first book that she’s dated women) – and the main conflict comes from the fact that Jess feels guilty for lying to Harper. Not only is one of the POV characters in a same-sex relationship, many of the side characters are as well. Imogen has two moms, her brother has a boyfriend, and Sage and her girlfriend make an appearance as well.

Extra points are awarded because both romances (because you know Imogen has one, too!) are interracial – Harper is black and Ethan (Jess’s assistant and Imogen’s love interest) is Asian-American, but both feel a little less natural than the one between Darien and Elle in Geekerella – probably because Geekerella took place over several weeks whereas this book is only a few days (it is set entirely at the convention). Also, the characters weren’t quite as endearing this time around and actually come off as judgmental in the beginning. Imogen decides she’ll use the opportunity to save Amara – over Jess’s wishes – and Jess is extremely dismissive of everything about the convention and Imogen in particular. They do eventually both come around, but for a while I wasn’t sure I would ever grow to like them, and that made reading the earlier parts of the book an exercise in frustration.

One great thing about The Princess and the Fangirl was that it dealt with a very serious issue that many actresses in sci-fi franchises (such as Daisy Ridley and Kelly Marie Tran) have to deal with – vitriol from the fans. The main reason Jess hates Starfield is that she only sees the vile parts – the hateful comments about her body, her face, her acting, the allegations that she is ruining the franchise – and this is something that Imogen faces while impersonating her. It isn’t solved in the course of one convention, but there are some pretty satisfying confrontations. This book also, like its predecessor, reminds its readers that celebrities are people, too, and that the image you see of them in the media is not always the truth.

While not quite as sweet as Geekerella, The Princess and the Fangirl is still a cute and entertaining read.

I was borderline obsessed with Geekerella and was 100000% in on this companion book, sadly it wasn’t quite the same.

I liked Imogen a lot. She’s passionate and supportive and I would love to go to a con with her. Her brother Milo was adorable and of course seeing Elle and Darien was fantastic. I wasn’t sold on Jessica. At the start she’s bratty {yes, it completely makes sense why} and I struggled to settle into the chapters with her POV.

Plot wise it’s sloooooooooooow. I was about 45% in and seriously considering a DNF, but I powered through. Thankfully when the action started it really got going and I was sucked into this world.

Ashley has such a fantastic way of writing about fandom and cons and fans in general. I loved that the story touched on the negative side of fandom, sexual harassment, social media, and how fans think they’re entitled to everything in a celebrity’s life.

Overall, it was fun being back with these characters new and old. I would have liked it to move a bit faster, but I love how it ended.

**Huge thanks to Quirk Books for providing the arc free of charge**

There were many nice throwbacks to Geekerella but a reader could easily pick up this book without knowing anything about the first and not be lost. The characters were great and it was easy to understand each of them. I can admit to being a fangirl at times and being very passionate so I can understand wanting to save a favourite characters or franchise. I can also see how it could be frustrating for an actor to feel like they're getting stuck in a role or typecasted as someone they never wanted to be.
It was a quick read, enjoyable, and I liked the added twist of the mystery of who was posting the script online. I would love to see more from this world of Geekerella.

4,5/5 stars!

The Princess and the Fangirl is one of those books that is just so easy to read, and one that you never want to end. All of the fandom references make you feel giddy while reading (and perhaps even make you squeal out loud when David Tennant is mentioned) and not having fandom being made fun of makes you feel good, accepted. ExcelsiCon is just a place you want to be. The characters are people you want to know, want to be friends with (I'm looking at you, Ethan). Friends you never want to say goodbye to.

But then why, you ask, is it not a full 5 stars? That's simple. Jess. I had some trouble with her POV, and it took me a very long time to start liking her. It didn't help that her thoughts didn't always seem to match who she was. Jess is supposed to be anti-fandom, anti-geek, and yet her thoughts include loads of references and recognition of cosplays. it was a bit confusing. Not to mention her passion being thrown in out of nowhere, seemingly making no sense given her dislike of Starfield. So even if it felt a bit random at times, I loved her character growth and ended up really liking her by the end! SCORE.

Imogen was an instant favorite. I related a lot to her self doubts, but sometimes it got to be a bit too much. I just wanted to wrap her up in a blanket. Also, she is fighting for a female character to survive, fighting for female characters to be treated better in general, which is something I wholeheartedly support; I'm glad this book gave me some badass women to love! Imogen's family (including Bran), and especially Milo, give me all the warm and fuzzy feelings. I can't help it. There's just so much love and trust there, even with everything going on.

The romances are very predictable, but I didn't mind. It wasn't a main storyline in either of the POVs, so it all felt very natural. If, of course, very fanfiction trope like. Which, is definitely not a complaint. I love fanfiction! The one downside of the romances for me, was that only one of them seemed to wrap up nicely and got more attention than the other. I love that romance, but I really wanted to have a bit more of the other one!

Also. Ethan. I love Ethan. I want my own Ethan. All The Ethan.

There is plenty left to tell for Jess and Imogen, I think, so I'm rooting for a third book, even if it'd probably follow different characters again. Getting all four characters back and moving on with their stories, relationships, the Starfield Sequel, would be an absolute dream come true. So much room for drama with a certain new character, , with relationships while filming! So many opportunities and I'm sure that if Poston decides to write a third one she'll come up with much better things than I ever could.

This book was an absolute joy and I would definitely recommend! Cannot wait to have my own physical copy!

“Bless Darien Freeman. Bless his tight jeans and his curly hair and his insufferable smile. Bless everything about that hufflepuff.”

Not really important, I just want to point out that even fictional hugflepuffs are awesome. I loved Darien I’m the first book and I love him in this one. I like the new characters as well. It was really hard to like Jessica Stone and honestly I don’t think I ever did which made the story just bleh for me. Even after all is done if it wasn’t for Imogen Lovelace her Doppelgänger which I loved I don’t think the story would have worked for me. However, by the end I was rooting for these girls!! Jess and Mo had issues and cried and were scared and they were just so human. I loved it. I loved them. They were also smart and strong and courageous. It’s hard to fight for what you believe. These girls did it though.

All the geeky references continued and it was full of funny sweet moments. Definitely recommend it. Just fair warning, it’s a slow burn. Not to love but to the action. It felt like it took forever for something to actually happen. But when it did, it was amazing!

This was everything that I was hoping it would be and so much more, it was such a cute contemporary romance book. There were so many great pop culture references that were made throughout the books that I was living for, and this book had wonderful diversity and representation in my opinion.

I loved the convention setting in this book, it was one of my favorite aspects of the book, it was for perfect for this story. I loved everything surrounding the mystery and having to snoop around to convention for the who dun it mystery.

The characters, of course, was one of my favorite aspects of the book, they really made this book the perfection that it is. They were both so different from each other but I really enjoyed the friendship they ended up developing over the course of the story, and they begin to understand each other better. One of my favorite character relationships in this book was Imogen and Ethan, I was always anticipating their scenes because they were my favorite to read. I do wish we had gotten more scenes with the characters from Geekerella so that was a minor disappointment.

This was the perfect mood lifting book and it was exactly when I needed at the time, and I’m hoping that there are more books to come in this series, all I can say is sign me up.

This book was such FUN. When an ultimate fangirl gets the chance to swap places with the reluctant star (whose role she wants to save) of her favorite fandom, what else can ensue but hijinks? It's got an entertaining story with lots of references to Geekerella for those who enjoyed the first book, but it's also a fun book (with a lot of heart) to read if you have an appreciation for fandom culture (even if it's from afar).

"Sometimes the stories we need are the ones that can show us a happy ending and make us feel whole and welcome and loved."

Holy nerdgasm, Batman.

I have fallen head over heels for a fandom that doesn't exist

The Prince and the Pauper is far from my favorite of fairy tales, but this modern retelling, with a movie star space princess who doesn't want her fandom (because honestly...who would?) and a fangirl who just wants to save her favorite character from getting killed off, switching places to prevent the leaking of the top-secret sequel script to the next Starfield movie...and this is a run-on sentence which should show how much I enjoyed this book!

It's certainly not deep and honestly, who gives a flying fuck?

There's a lot to be had in this story: lesbian relationships, discussions of the toxicity of the fantasy/sci-fi fandoms towards women (and the varying levels of hell it can descend do depending on privilege), oodles of Easter Eggs, measuring success, imposter syndrome, and an important discussion of intellectuality and popular culture.

Speaking of fandoms and the love of things that aren't Oscar-worthy art flicks that literally no one but the critics will see—this is a rousing endorsement that it's totally okay to let your freak flag fly and love whatever the hell thing you want to love. (view spoiler)

Anywho, one of my favorite quotes from the book:

"What I am built for is to fall in love slowly, page by page, like reading a favorite book."

I received this ARC from NetGalley for an honest review.

I came late to the Geekerella party. I know, I can’t believe I waited so long either. But I’m caught up now, so when I saw The Princess and the Fangirl was available on NetGalley to request? You bet I did.

I inhaled the story, and I lost sleep. But it was SO WORTH IT. First reaction? SO MUCH CUTE, OMG.

Ashley Poston’s The Princess and the Fangirl is the follow up to Geekerella. Some time has passed since the end of Geekerella, and this time, we follow Jessica’s life. She happens to be Darien’s costar, and play’s Princess Amara, in Starfield. Jessica meets Imogen, her doppelganger, and shenanigans ensue. They’re back at ExcelsiCon one year later, and in this Prince and the Pauper retelling, there is a mystery, a chase, and princesses saving themselves.

I love everything that this story represents. There were so many similarities between them, but also many qualities that make them unique. Jess and Imogen each have this dormant power that they both had to discover for themselves. They both were looking for something more, when they both just had to become sure of who they were and realize it was already there. The soul-searching, the nerdy references, and DEFINITELY, the love interests were all parts of this story that I enjoyed.

But most of all?

I loved how empowered and amazing I felt right when i finished reading it.

Guys, this was cute and geeky – everything that we got from Geekerella but different yet familiar. I have a lot of incoherent words for how much I enjoyed this story. You can’t compare them, so you’ll have to make room in your heart for both of them.

*Thank you to the publisher for an advanced copy in exchange for an honest review.*

Thank you to Netgalley for providing me with a copy of The Princess & the Fangirl in exchange for an honest review! Please note that any quotes used in this review may not match with the final copy.

Extend the hand first, act like the bigger person, grip tightly, and then punch your fist through his sternum — no wait. That’s a Mortal Kombat move.


Holy geekery & cuteness, Batman. Wow. Little fun fact, Geekerella by Ashley Poston is the very first book that I reviewed on my blog, so it means the world to me that I was able to read & review an ARC of it’s companion novel, The Princess & the Fangirl! It can probably go without saying, but this book is one of my 2019 anticipated releases & it definitely, without a doubt, didn’t let me down. I smiled the entire time I was reading — that at some point, my cheeks started to ache. & when I got to that final page, I felt the goosebumps arrive & the tears threaten to pour out.

THIS WAS SO GOOD.

Ashley Poston is absolutely phenomenal. A lot of it has to do with how relatable she truly is, but also the fact that each word in her Once Upon a Con series shines with how much she really loves what she’s writing. & a writer that is passionate about her work is a writer I can find myself supporting.

I’m going to be 100 with ya, this review is probably going to get lengthy. I have two pages worth of notes that I’m ready to just scream about. So, look to the stars! Aim! Ignite!

I was in complete awe with Geekerella; I even remember the night I stayed cuddled onto the couch, flipping page after page & laughing out loud at the references to different fandoms. It was definitely one of the books that stood out to me last year.

The Princess & the Fangirl is the perfect companion novel to Geekerella.

The writing continues from novel to novel so seamlessly, although it's main focus is on two totally different characters -- Jessica Stone & Imogen Lovelace. In the first entry of the Once Upon a Con series, we get to meet Jessica Stone as she takes on the role of Amara in the new Starfield film. However, we don't really get to dive into her personality until The Princess & the Fangirl. As for Imogen, she's a whole new player in the book. Ghouls, I didn't expect such a dramatic turn of events, but Jessica Stone became one of my characters in this universe.

Things start off rocky when the two characters come face to face -- Imogen, a fan who wants nothing more than to save Amara & Jessica, who wants nothing more than to be unattached from her character in Starfield. By the end of The Princess & the Fangirl, both girls have undergone so much development on their own & within their relationship.

There's a big difference between the writing of Jessica's P.O.V. & the writing of Imogen's P.O.V. Jessica's portions felt very lyrical? Her inner thoughts/monologue had me in my feels for a majority of the time. Whereas Imogen's portions felt more like it was coming from a fangirl (which she is -- which makes this whole concept even more amazing). I have no idea if this was intended, or just a thing that fell into place as Ashley Poston wrote this book; whatever is, I absolutely loved it.

For me, Imogen was such a relatable character. She's placed in a setting that I'm very familiar with & talks about how good Nightwing's butt is, HELLO?!@1 IT'S ME. But, really, she's such a lil' nerd & is very knowledgeable about fandoms & says things like, "why am I like this?!" -- I absolutely adored Imogen.

OH, SPEAKING OF NERDS -- y'all, just like in Geekerella, The Princess & the Fangirl is filled with references. Imogen's mothers (yes, plural!!) create an Iron Throne out of Funko boxes, Nerfherder is hurled as an insult, time is wibbly-wobbly, Yuri!! On Ice is featured on t-shirts, Darien Freeman is a Hufflepuff (hashtag blessed) -- the list goes on and on and on. & we all know that I'm a MAJOR sucker for some nerdy references.

We're just satellites that fall into each other's orbit for a breath and then travel on.


One of the things I feel people were unsure of when this book was announced was if there'd be LGBTQ+ representation in The Princess & the Fangirl & I'm happy to say that yes, there is a F/F ship (outside of Cal x Sage from Geekerella) that I would die for. Both of the ships in this book had me feelin' some type of way.

The Princess & the Fangirl is one of those books that's so hard for me to review, because I just want to talk about every detail -- which, unfortunately, spoils the book. If you are a Geekerella fan, you will not be disappointed! Plus, there are cameos & mentions of things that we already fell in love with when we read Geekerella. I definitely 100% recommend getting your hands on The Princess & the Fangirl!

I gave this one a try since I found the plot description intriguing even though it sounded like completely harebrained story. I'd say it’s very light entertainment for a very specific readership. It features lots of LGBT characters (all the characters are unbelievably progressive, which does not cause a problem for anyone ever), but the story is bordering on the ridiculous and, overall, the author just tried too hard with awfully plump pearls of wisdom that render the whole thing even more trite than the plot suggests. I think sci-fi fans who regularly attend conventions will be entertained by this harmless novel and will enjoy the romance parts. I guess for anyone else it might be quite dull. Also, I’d say it rather appeals to an American readership and the culture of ComiCons, Twitter and Hollywood. I don’t think many of my students will be able to identify with the characters or the plot. An okay book if you are under 20, a sci-fi fan, and looking for very light entertainment.

Truly wasn’t my cup of tea. I felt like I didn’t relate or like any of the characters. It felt very cut and dry and like there was a lot of substance lacking.