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A review by imme_van_gorp
Hard Wired by Megan Erickson, Santino Hassell
4.0
This book is such an angsty geek-fest, being very centred around the world of gaming, fanart and just fandoms in general. It created this rather unique vibe compared to a lot of other contemporaries.
One of the main characters, Ian, was also quite different from the norm: he had a lot of baggage and a lot of coping mechanisms, which do not just magically disappear or heal when he meets his love-interest or even at the end of the book. These things are part of him and that's that. They aren't going to go away; at most they could become less prevalent and easier to deal with. I liked this a lot, as it gave his character and storyline a more realistic undertone rather than just being some overly sappy fairy-tale.
The other main character, Jesse, was not very special though: he was just your average sweet yet shy guy. That's not to say I didn't like him, because I did, but I was just generally more interested in Ian and I tended to understand his point of view more than I did Jesse's. I would have preferred it if Jesse had maybe shown a bit more understanding and been slightly less dismissive (even though he wasn't trying to be, because he genuinely had the best intentions).
Long story short, there is a lot of drama going on here, with plenty of angst and an engaging plot. What's mostly missing are some more bonding scenes between Ian and Jesse: why did these two love each other and how did they get to that point?
One of the main characters, Ian, was also quite different from the norm: he had a lot of baggage and a lot of coping mechanisms, which do not just magically disappear or heal when he meets his love-interest or even at the end of the book. These things are part of him and that's that. They aren't going to go away; at most they could become less prevalent and easier to deal with. I liked this a lot, as it gave his character and storyline a more realistic undertone rather than just being some overly sappy fairy-tale.
The other main character, Jesse, was not very special though: he was just your average sweet yet shy guy. That's not to say I didn't like him, because I did, but I was just generally more interested in Ian and I tended to understand his point of view more than I did Jesse's. I would have preferred it if Jesse had maybe shown a bit more understanding and been slightly less dismissive (even though he wasn't trying to be, because he genuinely had the best intentions).
Long story short, there is a lot of drama going on here, with plenty of angst and an engaging plot. What's mostly missing are some more bonding scenes between Ian and Jesse: why did these two love each other and how did they get to that point?