Geekerella
August 13, 2020
Geekerella might be the MOST cringey book I have ever read (!)
Honestly, some of these meet-cute type stories get by just by
being cute (like Tweet Cute, Tell Me Three Things). Geekerella
couldn’t even get that right.
All the ‘veiled’ Cinderella references in this book were cringey
too. Elle works in a taco(?) truck called The Magic Pumpkin. Her
best (and only) friend is a green haired girl called Sage. I mean
no points to Ashley Poston for subtlety.
Elle and Darrien’s text conversations didn’t feel genuine at all,
and it made NO sense how they developed feelings for each other
from their sparse exchanges. The “falling in love” stage was so
unrealistic and underdeveloped that it just took away any points
for cuteness it may have gotten. This book really made me hate the
word “Ah’Blena” which is supposed to translate to “You are my
heart” in Starfield. Neither the writing nor the plot or
characters in this book were impactful or even realistic.
Also it’s not super believable that hot movie star with insured
abs (wtf? Why would you do that?) is also super down to earth.
Like c’mon even I have a bigger ego than he did.
Even the whole Starfield fandom didn’t appeal to me. Like I
sympathize with Elle who’s obviously loves it (it is called
GEEKerella) but Starfield just felt like a Star Wars ripoff (and I
don’t even like Star Wars, so). The quote “Look at the stars. Aim.
Ignite” sounded cool tho.
The writing wasn’t good either. I can’t pinpoint what exactly it
was but it felt juvenile or like someone writing a fanfic. And it
didn’t help that the plot was boring.
The only nice thing I can say about this book is that it had a
REALLY pretty cover.