Queens of Geek
Books | Young Adult Fiction / Romance / LGBTQ
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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."Full of irreverent humor and in-jokes, it’s geeky and funny, with a heavy dose of self-discovery. . . . . Seeing girls and women uplifting, protecting, and loving each other is extremely powerful especially in the context of fandom." —Teen Vogue"This is the geeky, queer book of our dreams." —SeventeenCharlie 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.Praise for Queens of Geek:"This fun book about fierce friendships gives voice to a group of diverse female characters who are so defined by so much more than just their mental health and sexuality." —Bustle"This celebration of geek culture and fandom promotes diversity and being true to oneself." —School Library Journal“[A] fun read about fandom, friendship and the courage to be yourself.” —Autostraddle
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Author
Jen Wilde
Pages
288
Publisher
Macmillan
Published Date
2017-03-14
ISBN
1250111382 9781250111388
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"This was so much better than I expected when I started it! Beautiful story about fandom, found family, taking chances, and standing up for yourself! I loved Charlie, Taylor, Jamie, & Alyssa so much! As someone that’s been able to find a home and comfort in fandom, I loved that this was basically a love story to fandom and how being different isn’t a bad thing even if you’ve been told your whole life that it is. I also loved getting to see two very different love stories happening simultaneously. One being a best friends to lovers, mutual pining situation where they just really love each other for exactly who they are. And the other being a celeb romance between two people that have been fans of each other for awhile. Both of the relationships just felt so natural and so well developed for a pretty short book! The autistic & bisexual rep were also so incredible! There’s honestly so much more I could say about this surprise of a book but I’ll just leave it at this and say that I very very highly recommend this book for anyone but especially anyone that’s found comfort in fandom throughout their life!"
"The split of having a protagonist who is neurodivergent and the other one who is queer, this book is just incredible. One of my favorite things about it aside from the fact that it satisfies like 2 notches in BookRiot’s Read Harder challenge is the way Tay’s character is written, she is a great example of what good representation is!!! I read Jen Wilde’s second book The Brightsiders which if you haven’t picked it up please do! It’s incredible! But flipping between Charlie and Tay Is so interesting because you see the difference between the two but you see why they are friends. It’s awesome! "
"This is one of my favorite queer novels! It’s so amazing and it’s so relatable! "
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Hailey Coake
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