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3.72 AVERAGE
3.72 AVERAGE
emotional
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
emotional
funny
hopeful
informative
lighthearted
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I thought this book was adorable. Easy, happy read perfect for nerds who would love to fall in love with their favorite tv show character.
emotional
funny
lighthearted
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
This book was so cute that I blew through it in two days. I would've read it in one, but I had chores. So, I love a good online-friends-to-lovers-but-they-don't-even-know-it-in-the-real-world storyline, but I have only read ones where both characters found out they were online friends and didn't know it while they were already dating. This one takes it up a notch to a fan and celebrity being friends online, but only the celebrity knows about it and keeps it a secret. And I loved this storyline more. The chemistry and sexual tension between the fan, April, and the celebrity, Marcus, was palpable through their entire first date, and it gets better each date they went on until the tension boiled over.
I found it engaging that the author was able to tell us the story of April and Marcus while also showing us the relationship of their online persona, Marcus's relationship with his costars, and the actual storyline of the show he stared in as it is the central part of the plot. A trashy TV version of a great book series based on mythology is a fabulous way to connect with readers as we ALL have fallen in love with a show that butchers the already-written book series. We've all wondered how the cast handles it if they also love the source material (ex: Henry Cavill stepping down from the Witcher).
I also love the author shopping the personal side of this; we have a gorgeous actor that everyone loves for his looks, but he feels as if he must create a persona for the public as well as deal with his parents publicly writing op-eds about how they hate their son's job. On the flip side, you have April, a geologist by day and fan girl by night, who struggles not only in her family life with her size, as she spends years learning how to love herself, but she has a mother who struggles with this as her husband has hardwired her to stay thin and beautiful or he won't love her, that, of course, destroys his relationship with April, his daughter. She also struggles with this in the fandom world; there has always been this stigma that more prominent people cannot cosplay a certain way and that showing a character as bigger or fat is harmful or that they are a terrible character in fanfictions, a stigma that April tries her best to make people aware of in the fandom community.
All in all, I enjoyed this book, and I have a feeling any of my fandom fellow people from the 2010's tumblr era (who still use tumblr with pride) will also enjoy this book!
I found it engaging that the author was able to tell us the story of April and Marcus while also showing us the relationship of their online persona, Marcus's relationship with his costars, and the actual storyline of the show he stared in as it is the central part of the plot. A trashy TV version of a great book series based on mythology is a fabulous way to connect with readers as we ALL have fallen in love with a show that butchers the already-written book series. We've all wondered how the cast handles it if they also love the source material (ex: Henry Cavill stepping down from the Witcher).
I also love the author shopping the personal side of this; we have a gorgeous actor that everyone loves for his looks, but he feels as if he must create a persona for the public as well as deal with his parents publicly writing op-eds about how they hate their son's job. On the flip side, you have April, a geologist by day and fan girl by night, who struggles not only in her family life with her size, as she spends years learning how to love herself, but she has a mother who struggles with this as her husband has hardwired her to stay thin and beautiful or he won't love her, that, of course, destroys his relationship with April, his daughter. She also struggles with this in the fandom world; there has always been this stigma that more prominent people cannot cosplay a certain way and that showing a character as bigger or fat is harmful or that they are a terrible character in fanfictions, a stigma that April tries her best to make people aware of in the fandom community.
All in all, I enjoyed this book, and I have a feeling any of my fandom fellow people from the 2010's tumblr era (who still use tumblr with pride) will also enjoy this book!
The problem is me, not you "Spoiler Alert." I think cosplay and fanfic unappealing, ridiculous, off-putting -- pick your adjective. I have never had a fantasy about anyone on a TV show. I didn't like GoT or X-Files. I am sure I do things more unappealing than write fanfic and pretend I am a toddler with a dress-up box, and perhaps I watch more ridiculous shows with gusto. Different strokes. I am reviewing to remind myself I tried this and do not want to do it again, don't take my word, nothing to see here.
Very silly but a fun story, I enjoyed it. If you’ve ever spent time on AO3 it’s a good laugh. If you haven’t it might be borderline incomprehensible.
DNF not sure of the percent but after the first date.
The characters were not believable at all. Other reviews have addressed the problems present in the book. I had hoped to make it through and give the second book in the series a chance but had to bail after skipping a couple page.
The characters were not believable at all. Other reviews have addressed the problems present in the book. I had hoped to make it through and give the second book in the series a chance but had to bail after skipping a couple page.
Oh I loved this so aggressively much. Probably mostly because of the ways Marcus described April but who cares the reason, it was delightful.
lighthearted
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes