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bookish_jena's review
adventurous
challenging
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
lighthearted
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Biphobia and Panic attacks/disorders
Moderate: Fatphobia and Toxic relationship
franchesca_reads's review
emotional
hopeful
lighthearted
medium-paced
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
5.0
Content Warnings
Moderate: Misogyny, Fatphobia, Gaslighting, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, and Infidelity
Minor: Biphobia
bookcaptivated's review
adventurous
emotional
hopeful
lighthearted
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Fatphobia, Biphobia, Bullying, Ableism, Gaslighting, and Panic attacks/disorders
Moderate: Infidelity and Sexism
jenny_librarian's review
funny
lighthearted
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
It’s a soft book that would probably have benefited from being longer. Everything happens in a weekend – which I can understand, since that’s how long most conventions are – and it feels a bit rushed. You get everything thrown at you at once. I don’t feel like I had enough time with the characters to get to enjoy any of them, even though one of them is very similar to me.
I wish it had been more of a SDCC kinda con (which I thought it was gearing up to be, with where it is and all the star sighting), going on for a week. I think it would have given more time to flesh out the characters and their relationships.
I also didn’t love the aphobia in there, but I’ll let it go since it’s an older novel.
Cute, but I wouldn’t reread it.
I wish it had been more of a SDCC kinda con (which I thought it was gearing up to be, with where it is and all the star sighting), going on for a week. I think it would have given more time to flesh out the characters and their relationships.
I also didn’t love the aphobia in there, but I’ll let it go since it’s an older novel.
Cute, but I wouldn’t reread it.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders
Moderate: Acephobia/Arophobia and Biphobia
Minor: Blood
melaniereadsbooks's review
emotional
lighthearted
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
This book made my little nerdy anxiety-ridden queer heart so happy! Absolutely adorable. This takes place at a convention and I love that! It is absolutely adorable how geeky these characters are! I also LOVE the two love stories in this! Absolutely, with all my heart, I ship them both so hard! So cute. I think this book did an excellent job with its anxiety rep and I totally feel for Tay! She is such an amazing character! I also loved all the character growth that Charlie went through! Great book, highly recommend for a quick light read!
Content Warnings
Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders and Mental illness
Moderate: Biphobia, Ableism, and Toxic relationship
drizzlybear's review
emotional
funny
lighthearted
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Content Warnings
Moderate: Biphobia, Body shaming, Homophobia, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, and Toxic relationship
jojomustlive's review
funny
lighthearted
relaxing
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
You can definitely tell this was written by a fanfic writer in the golden age of Tumblr, as it describes galaxy print leggings as being fashionable and it means it. That being said, the book is a delight to get through if you ignore the slightly cringy references. Taylor and Jaime' s romance was absolutely adorable, as was the budding romance between Charlie and Alyssa. The amount of diversity in the book was especially great, and I love that they were aspects introduced when we already knew the characters a but, as just yet one more piece of information on them. As I'm not in the spectrum myself, I can't judge how accurate its inclusion was, but I appreciated it was there, especially with a PIC character. I'd definitely recommend it!
Content Warnings
Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders
isalovestheocean's review against another edition
funny
lighthearted
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
Content Warnings
Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders
Moderate: Fatphobia and Biphobia
lumorise's review
emotional
funny
inspiring
lighthearted
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
This book was so light and lovely!! The romance was so cute, and I’ll admit I cried happy tears at the end. I did feel like the writing was exposition-heavy and awkward at times. However, the story made up for it in the best ways possible, and all the characters of this book have a special place in my heart. Except that asshole, Reese, of course.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders
Moderate: Ableism, Biphobia, and Fatphobia
Minor: Violence and Sexual content
kadtide's review
funny
inspiring
lighthearted
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
3.0
Gleefully unapologetic in it's geekery- the two POV characters are lovingly realistic and relatable each in their own unique ways, and their friendship with each other and the third non-POV main character is wonderfully wholesome.
Despite the setting (a major fan convention) and the premise for the protagonists (one is recently famous and recovering from a very public breakup, the other is a fat autistic girl who struggles with social interaction) both being very easy targets for shame and mockery, I felt like I could trust the author from the start not to do anything hurtful.
While both girls do struggle with various issues throughout the book, it is never done in a way that is even remotely mocking- in fact, their struggles are acknowledged and validated by the people around them, given the understanding they deserve. It feels honest and loving, and open to the wide variety of human experience.
Despite the setting (a major fan convention) and the premise for the protagonists (one is recently famous and recovering from a very public breakup, the other is a fat autistic girl who struggles with social interaction) both being very easy targets for shame and mockery, I felt like I could trust the author from the start not to do anything hurtful.
While both girls do struggle with various issues throughout the book, it is never done in a way that is even remotely mocking- in fact, their struggles are acknowledged and validated by the people around them, given the understanding they deserve. It feels honest and loving, and open to the wide variety of human experience.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders
Moderate: Toxic relationship
A few panic attacks are shown in detail. The toxic relationships are both in the past. One is only described by the person who was in it, the other has ended but both parties are made to interact within the book. There are brief separate mentions of specific incidents regarding biphobia and fatphobia perpetrated by antagonists that the narrative condemns.