Cinderella In Ashley Poston's Geekella

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Recommended: The story of Cinderella

There were a few things that I liked about Ashley Poston's Geekella. Firstly, it does a great job of retelling the classic Cinderella in a way that serves as a love letter to fandom in general. Secondly, I adored the character Sage, Elle's co-worker who basically plays the role of the "fairy godmother" in this retelling. And finally the text conversations between Darien and Elle truly were adorable.

All that being said, I didn't enjoy Geekella as much as I thought. Perhaps it was that it the book wasn't as light hearted or fun as I thought it would be or maybe it's for the reason that the pacing felt uneven especially near the end. Still by the novel's end I did end up caring for Elle as a character and while I can't say the same about Darien

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