Tag: jen wilde

Three friends, two love stories, one convention: this fun, feminist love letter to geek culture is all about fandom, friendship, and finding the courage to be yourself.

Charlie likes to stand out. She’s a vlogger and actress promoting her first movie at SupaCon, and this is her chance to show fans she’s over her public breakup with co-star Reese Ryan. When internet-famous cool-girl actress Alyssa Huntington arrives as a surprise guest, it seems Charlie’s long-time crush on her isn’t as one-sided as she thought.

Taylor likes to blend in. Her brain is wired differently, making her fear change. And there’s one thing in her life she knows will never change: her friendship with her best guy friend Jamie—no matter how much she may secretly want it to. But when she hears about a fan contest for her favorite fandom, she starts to rethink her rules on playing it safe.

Queens of Geek by Jen Wilde, chosen by readers like you for Macmillan’s young adult imprint Swoon Reads, is an empowering novel for anyone who has ever felt that fandom is family.

– Goodreads

So, as you may or may not know, I’m a nurse. I work in an office, so I spend a good amount of time on the phone. I devoured this audiobook in ONE DAY! Now i know you’re probably thinking, ‘It’s 6.5 hours on audio. Listen at 2x speed. That’s nothing.’ But believe me, at my job, it’s an accomplishment. I may or may not have let the phones ring an extra time or two so someone else would have to answer and I wouldn’t have to interrupt this gem. It was SO cute and SO good!

First, can we just talk about this cover? GORGEOUS! I used to have the underside of my hair dyed pink and the cover took me back to the good old days where I could actually do that and had way less responsibilities. Such a great, nostalgic feeling just by looking at this book.

So, as the blurb said earlier, this is about three friends, two romances, and one con. The book takes place over three days – the span of the convention. So you do have to believe in that giddy, love at first sight, things moving a little fast type of love. But honestly, what geek hasn’t fantasized about a con romance? No? Just me? Okay, moving on…

One couple was the love at first sight kind, and the other was friends who became more. Both troupes are represented, and I love me a good HEA. This romance has it all!

There was so much great representation in Queens of Geek. Bisexual, gay, interracial couples, characters on the spectrum, characters with anxiety.
They tackled tough subjects like slut shaming, internet trolls, fat shaming, and homophobia. They did so in a way that wasn’t dark or super heavy. It was still a light, fun read. It’s so important to shed light on these topics, and Queens of Geek did it in an amazing way!

And pop culture references. OMG. Video games, old movies, arcade games. It was all there. I was in heaven!

I gave this book 5/5 stars. I loved the diversity of the characters and the ways the spoke to heavy subject matter. I was engrossed in the love stories and really pulling for the couples. It was a fun, quick, lighthearted read that I would most definitely recommend!