Geekerella

 Geekerella by Ashley Poston was a surprise fun read for me.  I selected it to fulfill a retelling prompt and ended up enjoying it much more than I anticipated.  The storyline definitely mimics Cinderella even involving a pumpkin and sewing dresses.  No multi talented animals though.  The story does a wonderful job of showing the lows and highs of an underdog   You would have to be mean at your core to not cheer for Elle to get her goal fulfilled.   

There are several YA tropes in the book but rather than feeling contrived they do make sense.   Among them are the mistaken LGBTQ crush, the mean girls and the secret admirer.  The whole fangirl and Cosplay theme make for a great story.   If you are looking for a fun heart warming story you will enjoy this book.  It's an added bonus if you are into SciFi and Cons. 

There are several other books in this series that I am interested in reading down the road.  

 I liked this retelling of Cinderella mixed with the Sci Fi flair.  The Cosplay was An interesting plot line.  I wished there was A bit more depth to the relationships between Elle and her family.   There were glimpses of them starting to discuss emotions that quickly disappeared I would have liked that to have happened.  Also the ending felt a bit  rushed maybe I just was wanting more.  i did enjoy the book though.

Challenge Prompts

The Challenge Prompts I will use this for are:  

1. Library Love  #LibraryLoveChallenge  Book #63
2. Virtual Mount TBR #VirtualMountTBR2022   Book #75
3. Back List Reader  #Backlistreader  Book #58
4. Beat the Backlist #BTB2022  #8 one word title
5. Nerdy Bookworm  #NerdyBookwormChallengeXO #37 A coming of age story where the characters are in school
6. Nerd Daily  #NERDREADING2022 #15 a retelling
7. OWLS 22  #3 Tales of Beedle the Bard: A fairytale retelling
8. Pick your Poison #7 a retelling of a classic
9. RAD challenge #aradreadingchallenge #3 A One word title