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Bookish and the Beast
by Ashley Poston
It should be actually impossible for these books to keep getting better and yet HERE WE ARE and my heart has melted and I have been reduced to dolphin sounds to express all my feels.
Okay, look. I have made no secret in my life that I am ALL ABOUT Beauty and the Beast and it's various retellings. I am such a sucker for a good BatB story. And what I love most about Ashley Poston is that she can take a story (such as the decidedly Disney version of BatB), retelling all of the important parts, but still make it completely her own. When I thought about it, I could pick out things that were going to happen because the plotline followed a familiar route...but I never really stopped to think about it because I was so lost in the story!
Rosie and Vance were both a lot of fun, and as with PRINCESS AND THE FANGIRL, I lived for the cameos from previous books (Imogen in particular was such a great element here). The new side characters we meet are also delightful, and the smidge of unexpected side-pairing we get made me squeal with glee. The LGBTQA+ rep is, as always, excellent, and really there just isn't a single bad thing I can say about this. I've seen some people say this was a slow read, and boring, and I just did not see that. Honestly, I marathoned the book in a single afternoon the moment I got home from the bookstore. I could not put it down.
I think I would happily live in the Geekerella universe forever. I don't get the feeling there are future books in store for the series, but A GIRL CAN DREAM. Either way, I can't thank Ashley Poston enough for giving us all three of these wonderful books. These gorgeous, heart-melting love letters to both fairytales and fandom. I can't recommend them highly enough if you're in the mood for something feel-good and adorable.
And in the meantime...
Look to the stars.
Aim.
Ignite.
Okay, look. I have made no secret in my life that I am ALL ABOUT Beauty and the Beast and it's various retellings. I am such a sucker for a good BatB story. And what I love most about Ashley Poston is that she can take a story (such as the decidedly Disney version of BatB), retelling all of the important parts, but still make it completely her own. When I thought about it, I could pick out things that were going to happen because the plotline followed a familiar route...but I never really stopped to think about it because I was so lost in the story!
Rosie and Vance were both a lot of fun, and as with PRINCESS AND THE FANGIRL, I lived for the cameos from previous books (Imogen in particular was such a great element here). The new side characters we meet are also delightful, and the smidge of unexpected side-pairing we get made me squeal with glee. The LGBTQA+ rep is, as always, excellent, and really there just isn't a single bad thing I can say about this. I've seen some people say this was a slow read, and boring, and I just did not see that. Honestly, I marathoned the book in a single afternoon the moment I got home from the bookstore. I could not put it down.
I think I would happily live in the Geekerella universe forever. I don't get the feeling there are future books in store for the series, but A GIRL CAN DREAM. Either way, I can't thank Ashley Poston enough for giving us all three of these wonderful books. These gorgeous, heart-melting love letters to both fairytales and fandom. I can't recommend them highly enough if you're in the mood for something feel-good and adorable.
And in the meantime...
Look to the stars.
Aim.
Ignite.