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3.77 AVERAGE
3.77 AVERAGE
emotional
funny
lighthearted
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
I can never resist a twisted fairy tale, so I jumped on Ashley Poston's Bookish and the Beast. I love how Poston brings us back to Excelsicon and the tv show Star Field, but with different characters. Yet she still gives us glimpses of characters from past books.
This book centers around Rosie Thorne, a high school senior applying to colleges who recently lost her mother. She and her dad are down on their luck and struggling to make ends meet. The one bright spot in her life was meeting a General Sond cosplayer at Excelsicon, but she never got his name.
The complete polar opposite is Hollywood bad boy Vance Reigns who plays a villain in the Star Field movies. After one too many stories in the press, Vance's father banishes him far away from LA.
Through a series of bizarre events stemming from a chance meeting, Rosie and Vance find themselves working on a project together to catalog a private collection of science fiction. They learn more about each other and struggle to fight off a growing attraction.
I definitely enjoyed this read.
This book centers around Rosie Thorne, a high school senior applying to colleges who recently lost her mother. She and her dad are down on their luck and struggling to make ends meet. The one bright spot in her life was meeting a General Sond cosplayer at Excelsicon, but she never got his name.
The complete polar opposite is Hollywood bad boy Vance Reigns who plays a villain in the Star Field movies. After one too many stories in the press, Vance's father banishes him far away from LA.
Through a series of bizarre events stemming from a chance meeting, Rosie and Vance find themselves working on a project together to catalog a private collection of science fiction. They learn more about each other and struggle to fight off a growing attraction.
I definitely enjoyed this read.
mmm all of this series was very cliché, this is definitely a teen reading and im against of underestimate teenagers so...
Cute concept, but full of plot holes in the already thin, shallow plot. It tries too hard to shove as many fandom references as possible- what starts as cute nods to other franchises just ends up feeling forced and obnoxious as the book drags on.
The author literally writes a scene from Howl's Moving Castle and then makes the comment that it's so similar to something that happens in Howl's Moving Castle. Of course it's similar. It's literally an entire scene just rewritten with her characters.
It's established that Vance knows that Rosie lost her phone, but for the sake of conflict- when videos are leaked to TMZ he automatically blames her.
Rosie's widower father is established as bi and attracted to Vance's guardian, but I guess it's just for the appearance of inclusivity because as easy as it would have been to tie off that plot point, it's discarded.
Some of the conversations between the teenagers try so hard to be current and trendy with slang that they're hard to read and clearly written by someone out of touch with how young adults actually speak.
There's an apartment fire that forces Rosie and her father to stay the weekend with Vance. But just the weekend because apparently they have the most efficient apartment management in the universe. Just a poor attempt at the forced proximity troupe.
It's cute for a quick read, I guess- if you don't care about 2-D characters and poorly developed plots.
The author literally writes a scene from Howl's Moving Castle and then makes the comment that it's so similar to something that happens in Howl's Moving Castle. Of course it's similar. It's literally an entire scene just rewritten with her characters.
It's established that Vance knows that Rosie lost her phone, but for the sake of conflict- when videos are leaked to TMZ he automatically blames her.
Rosie's widower father is established as bi and attracted to Vance's guardian, but I guess it's just for the appearance of inclusivity because as easy as it would have been to tie off that plot point, it's discarded.
Some of the conversations between the teenagers try so hard to be current and trendy with slang that they're hard to read and clearly written by someone out of touch with how young adults actually speak.
There's an apartment fire that forces Rosie and her father to stay the weekend with Vance. But just the weekend because apparently they have the most efficient apartment management in the universe. Just a poor attempt at the forced proximity troupe.
It's cute for a quick read, I guess- if you don't care about 2-D characters and poorly developed plots.
I liked the story overall. I wish there was more of the couple together to really show those feelings.
lighthearted
relaxing
fast-paced
I am a sucker for any Beauty and the Beast retellings. So a retelling with tons of geekiness, I'm all for it! The characters were fun, and I just thoroughly enjoyed myself. I kind of wish there was more, though. I wanted more time with the characters and more time with their relationship. So glad to have won a free copy of this in a giveaway since I got to read it sooner than I otherwise would have.