Geekerella

Ashley Poston's novel "Geekerella" follows your typical Cinderella storyline, but with a fandom-based twist.

Elle (I mean, what else would her name be) lives and breathes "Starfeild" (a Startrek/StarWars tv series) after growing up watching it with her now-deceased father. Her parents actually met at a Starfeild comic-con, one her dad founded and ran until the day he died. 

One year, she finds her mother's old cosplay costume and decides she'll fix it up and entire into the cosplay contest, just in time for the new "Starfeild" movie. The prize is a ticket to the comic-con's Cosplay Ball and a meet-and-greet with the actor slated to play Federation Prince Carmindor in the "Starfeild" movie reboot. Elle's determined to win, if her stepsisters don't beat her to it.

Teen actor Darien Freeman used to love comic-cons. Now he's famous and on the other side of the table, other side of the fan-verse. And things aren't as glamorous on the other side.

Playing Carmindor is all he ever wanted, but the fandom is playing him off as just another dumb, teenage heartthrob. He's starting to feel more and more like a fake. Until he meets a fiery fangirl who shows him otherwise.

But then she (Elle (I know, shocking, right?)) disappears at midnight. Will he ever find her again?

So I might have accidentally written part of the description sarcastically, but this book was amazing. I'm a sucker for a good Cinderella story. Besides, who doesn't want to be Cinderella one day? Who doesn't want to be Elle and have a chance to fall in love with her teen actor crush?

What's your favorite Cinderella story, book?

What's your favorite Cinderella story, movie? Mine's "Ever After" with Drew Barrymore. 

And apparently, as I Google the book's description to refresh my memory, I learned that Ashley Poston wrote a semi-sequel/linked-manuscript. "The Princess and the Fangirl" debuts on April 2, 2019 (I already pre-ordered my copy).

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