A beautifully written book. Really enjoyed reading this. Thanks to publishers and NetGalley for the opportunity to read.

One of my favorite shows in recent times is The Bold Type, and Screen Queens reminds me so much of that show! Lucy, Maddie, and Delia have secured their spots in a competition that would lead to a dream internship. All three of these ladies have their specialties within the group, and they are bound and determined to win. The competition brings tons of pressure, but also the realization that if these three ladies were to win, they would be the first ever team of all women to do so, which ups the ante. This book was funny and cute, and made me cheer for these ladies in all their endeavors. Loved it!

Review copy provided for coverage consideration in Book Riot - ultimately did not cover. An entertaining novel but with not enough POV differentiation.

The minute I read that this book was perfect for fans of “perfect for fans of Morgan Matson, Jenny Han, and The Bold Type.” I knew I had to pick this beauty up. Paired with the fact it was about women navigating the male dominating tech world, I could already sense that this was going to be an epic read. Screen Queens certainly didn’t disappoint and delivered on the fronts that drew me in initially.

While I struggled to get into the book at first, once I got a feel for the writing style ad the different POVS, I was hooked. This story has the classic formula of a group of people who are forced to worked together and despise each other, but as the stakes become higher, they start o bond and realize that working together isn’t as bad as they had thought. It’s a trope that I really love, and it was done quite well in this book. I really liked seeing their dynamic evolve throughout the book, and see them go from enemies to friends. Individually, they were all really strong and complex characters and together they truly thrived. One thing that I would have liked to see just a little more was them just hanging out because while we did get to see them work together as a team we didn’t get to see them just hang out, quite as much. I think one or two more scenes that reinforced their friendship would’ve been nice.

The topic discussed in this book is one that is so important and I really enjoyed seeing it being discussed throughout the novel. There’s a huge disparity in the number of men in the tech field vs the number of women in the tech field and Screen Queens did an excellent job in exploring the difficulties that these women face. It was so frustrating to see how the women in this book were treated and its just so disheartening to think that such discrimination still occurs ion the work force . I also really appreciated the fact that they pointed out how it’s even more difficult when you’re a WOC. In so many books like these, we a see a lot of white feminism and very little intersectional feminism, so this small ad and the fact that there was some PoC protagonist made me appreciate the book even more.

Screen Queens was a well-written story that I absolutely loved. This book showed how difficult it is to break through a male-dominated world and I loved each of these characters. Their heart, determination to be the best was very empowering for this reader. I loved everything about this book and I can’t wait to read more from this talented author.

Screen Queens is an exciting novel about three strong, female leads that catch your attention the more you read.

The beginning of this novel was a little rough. It was the classic introduction to the major characters, their different lifestyles, and how each of their families acted. Those first few chapters were pretty boring, and almost a little off-putting. Not to mention, the transitions in between chapters and character POVs were kind of choppy, and they stayed that way throughout the book.

Other than those few things, though, the book was great. The pace picked up further in the books, the characters developed past the ongoing introductions, and the storyline pulled through.

Goldstein incorporated a strong message that I think is very important: the ratio of men to women working in the tech industry is astoundingly different, and while we shouldn’t force women to take that job route, we should still push for more of them to take the chance and consider it. I also appreciate seeing a diverse main character, in a book like this. It is so so important that we have books with WOC as leads, especially in such a disadvantageous situation.

One other thing I would have liked to see is: less of the constant battle working, and more of letting the girls take a breather to relax.  Getting thrust into a situation where you are paired up with people you aren’t completely compatible with, let alone expected to get along with, in a world obsessed with rating numbers and high expectations is a difficult and tiring situation. Everyone, at some point in time, would need more than one or two breaks.

All in all, I wasn’t ‘wow’ed by this book. It wasn’t completely great, but it wasn’t terrible. And for that, I rate it 3.5 stars.

A fun and wholesome book about female friendship, empowerment, and what it means to make it in tech. Screen Queens redefined the typical teen novel about tech, turning it into the perfect platform to empower girls everywhere to strive towards more. The representation of the San Francisco Bay Area was a bit cliche, but the characters were so captivating, I couldn't help but keep reading. By the end of the book, I found myself rooting for the characters more and more with each page I turned. Highly recommend for fans of books like Simon vs the Homosapien's Agenda, Rainbow Rowell, and Lumberjanes. The perfect summer read for those who are looking for a bit more than a beachy romance.

Before I hop into my review, I want to thank TheFFBC for providing me with an eARC in exchange for this honest review!*

Delia, Maddie and Lucy are smart, driven, talented and three total strangers with different strengths who are put together to become Silicon Valley’s newest tech creators. Maddie is away from her younger for longer than she knows what do with herself for, Lucy is doing this for her and her mom, and Delia wants her parents to be able to keep doing what they’re doing. In this novel, we are shown just how hard it is to be a woman in the tech industry.

I loved this novel more than anything. I wanted to be friends with these girls. They are fierce, funny, smart, creative and so much more.

Lucy is smart, quick and talented. She is the daughter of the one most successful female CEO’s and wants her mom to be proud of her too, of course she would never say those words. Maddie wants to prove to the world that she is an amazing web-designer and get back at the person who stole her ideas. Delia wants nothing more than a job in Silicon Valley so that she can make enough money to help her parents. I have never seen such amazing character growth and depth as I have in this novel. The story was driven by these three young women who have what it takes to make it in a male-dominated world.

It also shows how dependent we have become on social media defining who we are and how cool we have become. At the end of the day, thats not what matters.

We meet amazing characters in this book, from their female mentor to the kids they meet at the local tech camp this book was filled some of the best characters I have ever met before. I loved this book more than anything and truly think everyone should go read it.

Screen Queens is a great, empowering novel that explores the relationship between three girls working together towards their goal. This is an extremely girl-power orientated novel as it explores how hard it is for women to in a fast-paced male enterprise. As a reader, I felt empowered too! These characters make you have all the positive feels!

Our characters are all unique and extremely determined. The plot, although fast, was extremely engaging and found myself unable to look away from my Kindle for even a second! This deals with some extreme difficulties in the workplace such as harassment, undermining and the power that social media and technology has over people.

Screen Queen’s is an empowering and wonderful novel to read! And now, for an extra!! See my dream cast for these three empowering MC’s! I have chosen actresses that I feel would represent the character well, and not necessarily the best on looks, based off of roles I have seen them in before!

This book was so much fun! I loved the hate to love friendship & I learned a lot about the tech world.
I thought the book did well at portraying the way technology affects society. Pulse is a scary thing and as kids grow up in this age of technology who knows how much more it will affect them socially.
Delia is the timid small town girl who taught herself how to code. Her quirky actor parents have owned a small theater but now that it’s getting less and less traffic Delia strives to win ValleyStart so she can help them financially. I enjoyed her character and the small love story between her and one of her fellow competitors!
Maddie is a closed off entrepreneur whose parents are going through a divorce & have put her and her little brother secondary to their own ambitions. Her character arc was the best to read because you get to see how she learns to open up and trust Lucy and Delia.
Lucy is the epitome of superficial as she constantly checks her Pulse rating. When she finds herself in an unsafe position she’s forced to decide whether to speak up or let the man decide her fate for her. Watch as she realizes that a world outside of your Pulse rating is much more fulfilling than a life caught up in ratings.
This book about powerful women in a tech world filled with men was reminiscent of Moxie and I loved it! It is a great book about building friendships and standing up for yourself and others!

This book was one that I picked up on complete impulse. I heard about the blog tour and signed up thinking that I may get the opportunity to read it, and lucky that I did, because this book was exactly what I needed. I don’t read a lot of contemporaries, but I really should because I almost always wind up enjoying them way more than anticipated. Screen Queens is such an important read for young adults and especially young women. This story is about girls who are in STEM, specifically, girls in computer science. It made me interested in coding and computer science, more important than that though, it highlighted the struggles of women in this male dominated field. Screen Queens was a fun read, but it was also a powerful one.

Screen Queens was a young adult novel that I really felt represented teens well. The struggles of growing up and deciding what to do with th rest of your life were shown in three very different perspectives. Lucy, Delia and Maddie are each brilliant, empowered young women interested in computer science and Lori Goldstein does a great job of giving each of their perspectives a distinct voice and personality. The writing is light and flows at a great pace. This book pulled me out of a slump after reading some dense high fantasy. The idea of an app that rates people based on their populatiry on socal media combined with the novel’s light hearted pace really grabbed my attention.

As a person who runs a blog and a bookstagram I could really relate to how likes and comments can start to feel like your worth as an online presence, so I really loved the idea of the Pulse app because I could see how something like that could turn sinister. While parts of this novel felt a little too political for me, I also felt like this was an incredibly important read. I loved that this book was about teenage girls interested in STEM because I don’t feel like there are many YA fiction books about women in science. I found myself even getting interested in coding because of the way it was presented.

I really enjoyed this quick read and felt like it is an important book for young women. I loved the representation of women in STEM and felt like it was presented in such an interesting way, but felt like aspects of the book were overly political for my tastes. It was a fast paced read with good characters that will be empowering for young women. I would recommend this to young women or fans of the contemporary genre.

Screen Queens by Lori Goldstein is such a fantastic book. This is something that we needed in the book industry. With how fast pace the tech industry is, I think we forget that women still struggle with the same things in every industry. In a lot of ways women have gained freedom but we still don't win in the workplace. I think that comparing this book to The Bold Type is pretty accurate. This book focuses on three girls that join an incubator tank to design a new app. It is about their struggles of being girls in a program and with trying to prove themselves because they fact that they are girls.

I love how much empowerment this book gives girls and women alike. Lucy, Maddie, and Delia are all at ValleyStart for their own reasons. Delia is ready to be a part of the tech world. She is at ValleyStart to make her parents proud and to try to break into an industry that she loves. For Delia this is an opportunity of a lifetime. For Lucy this is an opportunity to meet big wigs in tech as a future CEO. All she wants to do is prove to her mom that she can accomplish her goals in life without her. Maddie is at ValleyStart to build her design portfolio. These three girls are thrown together to build an app together.

I love that this story is told in the three perspectives of these young women. I feel like this really helped the reader get the full picture on what is going on at ValleyStart. I really enjoyed that these women were thrown together and became friends The had lots of issues along the way but in the end they were there for each other and that is how women should be. We should be there for each other rather than tear each other down.

Goldstein wrote an amazing book. I really loved this book and I thought that Goldstein did an amazing job. You should definitely read this book. There is so much empowerment for women.

I LOVED THIS BOOK! I could not code my way out of a paper bag but I have the utmost respect for people that can. I especially mean this in relation to my fellow females! Tech has long been dominated by the males of the world and it is so important to showcase in as much media as possible that times are changing for the better. Especially when it comes to young adult fiction. Young adulthood is a time in our lives where we are becoming the people we dream to be and it is important to see people that are strong, driven and smart so that we know we can be too!

This novel does just that. These 3 young ladies are from three very different walks of life and could not be more different. But they learn over the course of this novel that those differences and the strengths they make together are what matters. Valley Start is a big honor but also a big responsibility that has been put upon their shoulders but I believe together that you will enjoy their journey just as much as I did. I am giving this novel my very rare 5 out of 5 stars because it is just that good!

Screen Queens was a Fun, funny and filled with plenty of friendship! I was so excited to read this book, especially because it was compared to The Bold Type! I loved the characters! They were so well written and unique! I also loved all the girl power and friendship in the book. I would love to read more books like Screen Queens. I really loved this book!

Today, I’m excited to present Screen Queens, a young adult contemporary novel by Lori Goldstein, recently published by Razorbill. For this book, think The Bold Type meets The Social Network, an empowering story for young girls.

This review is spoiler-free.

The story is about three smart girls, fresh out of high school, who are accepted to ValleyStart, which offers a prestigious summer internship through a startup incubator program. All three come from very different backgrounds. Lucy is wealthy and very organized, Maddie is a designer who has more responsibilities than a girl her age should, and Delia is a programmer from a loving and modest family.

For the next five weeks, they need to build an app to win the ValleyStart competition, something they all desperately need for different reasons. But as the competition becomes fierce, so does the tension between them, and as havoc ensues, they will grow together and forge a wonderful friendship that will make them fierce.

Injustice, sabotage, predators—this competition will throw them many curveballs, but they will discover that the real prize is the lessons they learn the hard way.

The book is entertaining, educative, and easy to read. I particularly enjoyed seeing how each character grew throughout the story. The author dealt with real issues in the workplace, especially dominating behavior by men, such as bullying and sexism. The girls enter an arena they are not familiar with and learn how to deal with these issues.

I loved how the book is geared toward empowering girls, showing them how to deal with teenagers’ personal issues (e.g., first love, applying for college) and work issues (e.g., unfair treatment, sexual harassment) at the same time. The story is mostly about girl empowerment and friendship in a tech (read all-men) environment.

BOOK REPORT for Screen Queens by Lori Goldstein

Cover Story: Cartoon Cutesy
BFF Charm: Mixed Bag
Swoonworthy Scale: 3
Talky Talk: 2 Fast, 2 Furious
Bonus Factors: Girls in Tech
Factor: Black Mirror
Relationship Status: Swipe Left

Cover Story: Cartoon Cutesy

I’ve noticed a huge trend in illustrated covers featuring animated main characters lately, and I’m not really mad at it. I definitely prefer them to stock photos, but I’m wondering if this trend will oversaturate the market and become passé sooner or later?

The Deal:

Lucy, Maddie and Delia all have their own reasons for applying to the tech startup incubator program, ValleyStart. Lucy’s got big shoes to fill with a Sheryl Sandberg-esque mother and one last chance to secure her spot as a freshman at Stanford next year. Maddie’s already built a successful freelance design business but needs this particular line item on her resume. And Delia, a small-town gal and self-taught coder is hoping ValleyStart can get her the financial and professional boost she’ll need that her parents can’t offer her.

The three girls are assigned as teammates to build a competition app, but quickly realize that it’s a bit too coincidental that some of the only girls at ValleyStart have been put on a team together. Despite a rocky start, the girls learn they must stick together as they race to beat the clock—and their male competitors—in a competition that is not weighted in their favor. Winning could get them everything they’ve ever wanted, including a chance to work for Ryan Thompson, the Silicon Valley celeb who created Pulse, the most popular social networking app on the market. But at what cost?

BFF Charm: Mixed Bag

Lucy, Maddie and Delia were as different as they come. Delia was a quiet, shy coder from a small town. Maddie was an aloof East Coaster with a chip on her shoulder, while Lucy was a socialite tech-wannabe on speed. Truthfully, I didn’t care much for any of them! They all seemed really one-dimensional, especially Lucy, who reminded me of the worst sort of fast-talking, social-climbing, high-heel-wearing archetype that you’d see portrayed in bad 90s rom-coms, the type of girl who would sacrifice personal relationships to get ahead at her vague job working at a Cosmopolitan-type magazine. Lucy was even a writer for Teen Vogue! I softened toward her a little bit as the story progressed, but not enough to make me want to give her a BFF charm, unfortunately.

Meanwhile, I thought Maddie’s “I would rather be anywhere else” attitude got a little old. She was super protective of her little brother, Danny, and hated leaving him behind for the few weeks she was at ValleyStart, but no one was forcing her to be there! And Delia, while possibly the most likeable of the three, felt like the same small-town-girl-goes-to-the-big-city character I’ve seen a hundred times before.

Swoonworthy Scale: 2

Delia meets a cute coder named Eric Shaw as soon as she arrives at ValleyStart, and while their budding romance could have added a bit of swoon to the story, I never really felt any heat betwixt them. Plus, any swoon between Eric and Delia was cancelled out by Lucy’s anti-swoon. Lucy’s ex, Gavin, is also competing at ValleyStart and there were moments when I thought their enemistry could be sort of hot, but Gavin was such a gross tech bro that I found him more revolting than swoonworthy.

Talky Talk: 2 Fast, 2 Furious

This book was described as The Bold Type meets The Social Network and I don’t think that’s a bad comparison, necessarily. But there was something about the writing in Screen Queens that I couldn’t connect with. The story alternates between Lucy, Delia and Maddie, told in close third rather than first person. I kept stumbling over the prose and having to reread sentences, not really understanding the girls’ trains of thought or dialogue. Lucy, especially, seemed a bit all over the place, and I kept thinking, “Wait—what is she talking about? Where are they? What day is it?” Between the over the top Silicon Valley influence and the hard-to-follow prose, I had a really hard time connecting with this story.

Bonus Factor: Girls in Tech

My favorite parts of the book were the moments when Lucy, Delia and Maddie worked together creating their app, or had interactions with Nishi, their female tech mentor. I think we all know, objectively, that Silicon Valley needs more diversity, but reading about what women face in that industry was infuriating nonetheless. And I don’t just mean not being taken seriously as coders and designers—Lucy has a skin-crawly run-in with a guy who makes it very clear that she can succeed in tech if she sleeps her way to the top. Why are men?

Factor: Black Mirror

Pulse, the app for which the girls are competing for internships, takes your followers, likes, and general engagement from all your different accounts across the web and ranks you on a scale of 1 (Comatose) to 10 (Crushing It). Having a Pulse of 10 is like being the ultimate influencer—you get free stuff, access to the best clubs, and as Lucy seems to think, a first-class ticket to Stanford. I’m not sure if this was Goldstein’s intention or not, but Pulse felt like a horrific, nightmare-inducing episode of Black Mirror. It was so off-putting, I wanted to delete all my social media apps, and it made it a little difficult for me to care if the girls won their ValleyStart competition or not.

Relationship Status: Swipe Left

I’m sorry, Book. You seem great on paper, and looking at your online dating profile piqued my interest for sure. But once we got to know each other, I realized we weren’t a match made in eHarmony. I’m swiping left, but I know there are lots of other fish in that big cyber sea who will think you’re great!

3.5 Stars!

Silicon Valley. A place of myth and legend and dreams that became reality- not through wands and fairy dust but through innovation and iteration.

Screen Queens is a book which, deals with the disparity that exists between the male and female gender in the tech industry. Following the story of three young woman this book does a fantastic job in portraying the various circumstances and predicaments that women have to face in the tech industry or I suppose any industry that is male dominant.

The three main protagonists, Lucy, Maddie and Delia, all comes from different background with a different kind of upbringing but the three of them have one thing in common- their will to succeed in their respective fields. Therefore, when they are put in one team together in the country's most elite incubator program, ValleyStart and that too the only all-female team among the sea of men, the stakes are raised higher than they excepted. Now, Lucy, Maddie and Delia will have to give their absolute best if they want to win. But, the next five weeks of their lives are no bed of roses and as challenge upon challenge are thrown at their faces, the girls must learn to trust in their abilities and trust each other, not just for the sake of winning the competition and securing the internship but also, for the sake of empowering themselves against the men, who will stop at nothing to bring them down.

This book has a very slow start and therefore, it took me a while before I could really get invested in the story and the lives of these three girls but at some 30% mark, the story picked up and I was hooked. I loved the setting and I think the author did a superb job in integrating both the positive and negative nature of the tech industry and Silicon Valley. This is a place where dreams come true for so many tech nerds but the question is at what cost? and especially, if that person is a woman. Along with that, Screen Queens addresses relevant topics likes sexism, racism and the vices of social media. While social media definitely has its benefits, it can't be denied that somewhere it is also gnawing our society from within by having a huge cultural influence on its users, especially, the younger generations and this book does such a fabulous job in depicting just that.

Apart from that, Screen Queens has a lot of diversity in both cultural and economical sense. Maddie is biracial and their is an American-Indian representation in the form of the girls mentor, Nishi Kapoor, with whom I fell in love with. At the heart of it all, this book is so much about female friendship, solidarity and empowerment. I loved the fact that even though, these girls had to face so many brutal challenges, both on professional and personal front, they never gave up, they improvised, they supported each other and they made a bang-on come back each time.

Initially, I didn't really liked Lucy and Maddie but they eventually grew on me. I liked Delia best, she is such a sweetheart and I connected most with her but I can't deny that I admired Lucy's confidence and Maddie's perseverance. Both Lucy and Maddie never really had any friends and it was wonderful to read how they slowly discovered the power of women looking out for other women. At the end, I was glad that they remained together and showed the world the true meaning of "Girl Power".

I did have a few timeline issues here and there as well as, the whole idea behind PULSE, strongly reminded me of an episode of Black Mirror, whose name I am unable to recall but other than that, I think, Screen Queens makes for a lovely summer read, what with ambitious young women, heart-warming friendships and lots and lots of female empowerment.

I had so much fun reading this fiercely feminist novel about female friendships, family relationships, and the unique challenges faced by women in tech (as well as in business--and life!--generally). Maddie, Delia, and Lucy are thrown together as roommates and teammates for a prestigious summer startup incubator in Silicon Valley. Although each is a tech whiz, the three girls couldn’t be more different, and at the start of the program there is no shortage of rubbing each other the wrong way. Over the course of their five weeks working and living together, however, the challenges they face serve to bring them closer together. Each of the three learns important lessons about the issues they can expect to face if they follow their dreams of careers in the tech sector along with valuable insight into themselves, their personalities, and their personal relationships.

I love the fact that Ms. Goldstein included so many actual facts and figures about women in tech, which are seamlessly woven into the story so as to be a natural part. The book focuses on real-world challenges faced by girls and women in tech (and STEM, business, and life generally), and I appreciate that Ms. Goldstein provides statistical backup to the wealth of anecdotal evidence (examples of which are also in the book) about these issues. Each of the girls faces their own unique challenges in this regard, and together they become a formidable team wanting to shake up the “frat boys’ club” that is Silicon Valley. I believe all girls can learn valuable lessons in reading this book, even those that are not into tech or looking to enter STEM careers; there are a host of insights that will click with girls of all stripes, who I can pretty much guarantee have all faced one or more of the challenges we see in SCREEN QUEENS.

I also want to point out that, although there is some (adorable) romance in SCREEN QUEENS, romantic relationships are not at all the focus of the novel. Instead, Maddie, Delia, and Lucy are more consumed with navigating friendship with each other and figuring out how to have good relationships with their families. Female friendships and family relationships are explored in depth, each of which brings its own personal and unique challenges to our three heroines. While I love romance as much as the next reader, it’s refreshing to read a YA contemporary that is so focused on other types of relationships that are equally as important as romantic ones, if not more so.

Overall, I love this fierce, feminist look at women in tech, and I highly recommend it to all types of readers, especially girls. Even if you are not interested in tech or STEM yourself, there is so much to learn and love within these pages. I hope you’ll pick up a copy and discover it for yourself!

RATING: 5 stars!

**Disclosure: I received an early e-copy of this book from the publisher for purposes of this blog tour. This review is voluntary on my part and reflects my honest rating and review of the book.

I’m so excited to be reviewing this book! Screen Queens was pitched as perfect for someone who loves The Bold Type, which is one of those shows I never found time to watch, but always wanted to. In any case, I’m so happy to be part of this blog tour! Let’s get into it.

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Screen Queens brings together three high school graduates from completely different backgrounds to team up and create an app in order to win an internship at the hottest tech company in Silicon Valley, Pulse. Lucy is there because she idolizes the creator of the Pulse app and wants nothing more than to improve her score and become an influencer. Maddie is trying to boost her graphic design resume and get back to her little brother. And Delia loves to code but hasn’t had the chance to leave her small Midwestern town before this five-week, all-in tech competition program.

Not to mention if they win the competition, they’d be the only all-female team to do so. Ever.

The girls band together to get through a summer of drama, challenging science, and maybe a dash of love on the side.

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3 Things I Loved
The characters. Lucy, Maddie, and Delia are all so different, yet they play off each other completely genuinely. I adore each of them and dislike each of them for different reasons, but they’re all GREAT characters. Having three points of view like that and making the voices sound distinct is challenging, and I found this to be a job well done.
The concept. Three young women who have to team up to win a tech competition? Hell yeah, sign me up for that! I was on board from the first paragraph of the blurb.
Pulse. What a strange concept for an app – something that measures your overall influence on the internet and gives you a score. Websites like that exist (like Klout, for example – although Klout no longer exists, so…), but they’re nothing like how Pulse is described in the book. It was annoying and interesting to think about the concept of the app in the real world – what if everything you did online boiled down to just one number? WEIRD.
Dislikes/Problematic Content
I thought the representation in this book was pretty well done, especially considering the last review I wrote. So that’s a positive. But honestly, I wasn’t super impressed with all of the writing itself. Maybe I’m getting a little spoiled – some of the books I’ve read recently have been insanely good on the prose front. My biggest complaint here was that some of the dialogue was super stilted, to the point where it was unrealistic. Did it keep me from reading the book? Nah. But it did bring me out of the story a little bit in parts.

Rating
A reminder of the rating scale:

Red = DNF, I hated everything
Orange = Ugh, no thank you
Yellow = I mean, I’ve read worse, but there were problems
Green = This was good!
Blue = Oh my gosh, I loved this book!
Purple = This is the unicorn of books and I will be rereading it until the binding falls apart and EVERYONE should be reading it!
This is one of those stories that I am always more than happy to advocate! Young women following their career-sense, chasing after a STEM goal – I’m ABOUT that. My only complaint, truly, was some of the writing. So with all of that in mind, I’m giving Screen Queens a GREEN rating. It’s good, but it could have been written a little better.

Thank you to the Fantastic Flying Book Club and Netgalley for an advanced copy of this book in exchange for an honest review, and for allowing me to be part of this blog tour. I always enjoy myself. 🙂

Empowerment is the predominating theme which Lori Goldstein conveys throughout Screen Queens.



Screen Queens is an upbeat read that defines a summer read. It was great to see young women like Maddie Li, Lucy Katz, and Delia Meyer band together and take part in a technological dialogue that is generally dominated by males. With contemporary dialogue and quirky, unique characters, Screen Queens fits perfectly in the young adult genre with three female protagonists that overcome great degrees of obstacles that upheave elements of a patriarchal system. Full of technological references and girl power, this book will appeal to fans of To All The Boys I've Loved Before, On the Basis of Sex, and Girl Boss.