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A tale as old as time is made new in Ashley Poston's fresh, geeky retelling of Beauty and the Beast—now with a bonus Starfield story!
Rosie Thorne is feeling stuck—on her college application essays, in her small town, and on that mysterious General Sond cosplayer she met at ExcelsiCon. Most of all, she’s stuck in her grief over her mother’s death. Her only solace was her late mother’s library of rare Starfield novels, but even that disappeared when they sold it to pay off hospital bills. On the other hand, Vance Reigns has been Hollywood royalty for as long as he can remember—with all the privilege and scrutiny that entails. When a tabloid scandal catches up to him, he’s forced to hide out somewhere the paparazzi would never expect to find him: Small Town USA. At least there’s a library in the house. Too bad he doesn’t read. When Vance’s and Rosie’s paths collide, sparks do not fly. But as they begrudgingly get to know each other, their careful masks come off—and they may just find that there’s more risk in shutting each other out than in opening their hearts.
A tale as old as time is made new in Ashley Poston's fresh, geeky retelling of Beauty and the Beast—now with a bonus Starfield story!
Rosie Thorne is feeling stuck—on her college application essays, in her small town, and on that mysterious General Sond cosplayer she met at ExcelsiCon. Most of all, she’s stuck in her grief over her mother’s death. Her only solace was her late mother’s library of rare Starfield novels, but even that disappeared when they sold it to pay off hospital bills. On the other hand, Vance Reigns has been Hollywood royalty for as long as he can remember—with all the privilege and scrutiny that entails. When a tabloid scandal catches up to him, he’s forced to hide out somewhere the paparazzi would never expect to find him: Small Town USA. At least there’s a library in the house. Too bad he doesn’t read. When Vance’s and Rosie’s paths collide, sparks do not fly. But as they begrudgingly get to know each other, their careful masks come off—and they may just find that there’s more risk in shutting each other out than in opening their hearts.
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Whenever you think your love life sucks, just remember that I fell in love with a boy whose name I didn’t know. Let’s be clear: I didn’t mean to fall in love. It just sort of happened, the way falling usually does. You trip on something you didn’t see and, if you’re me, you lose your heel and go stumbling into a stranger at the ExcelsiCon Ball who just so happened to be holding a glass of neon-yellow Galactic Twist punch that goes . . . absolutely everywhere. And so now the front of your skirt is drenched with the sticky yellow Kool-Aid that looks more like, well, pee than Galactic Twist, and there isn’t a bathroom in sight. With one glance, I could already tell my cosplay was ruined. So was the other person’s cosplay, but he didn’t seem to care as he stumbled on. He wasn’t who I fell in love with, by the way. He’s just the reason I met him. If I didn’t have my stupid mask on I probably would’ve seen the prop sword lying on the ground. Who puts a prop sword on the ground in the middle of the dance floor, anyway? Apparently, with a quick look around, a person cosplaying as Cloud Strife did just before he broke down the Electric Slide. I looped back for my heel, grabbed it off the ground before someone could kick it away, and left the dance floor to see if I could salvage my outfit. If I didn’t love my friends so much, I would’ve just stayed in my hotel room and watched reruns of The Great British Bake Off. I was still contemplating the possibility, honestly. Quinn and Annie had told me the ball would be good for me. They told me it would take my mind off what had happened this past summer. They told me . . . well, I guess it didn’t really matter what lies those lying liars peddled to get me to come out of my hotel room. What mattered was the universal question: How early was too early to leave a ball? “You don’t want to miss the magic, do you?” Annie had asked as she pulled me out of the room toward the elevators. “Last year we saw Jessica Stone—the Amara!—stand on a food truck to Romeo and Juliet her girlfriend. And the year before that, Darien—Darien Freeman! Carmindor himself!—proclaimed his undying love for Geekerella! What if this is your year?” I’d never been to ExcelsiCon before—it always seemed too big and too loud—but I knew that Quinn and Annie were trying to get me to have as much fun as I could, because the last year has sucked. It’s sucked so terribly hard. “Well, last I checked, Darien Freeman’s taken,” I had replied. “And so is Jess Stone.” “Yes, but look across this great expanse, Rosie.” Quinn looped their arm into my free one, and they led me toward the hall balcony where, thirty floors below, the ExcelsiCon Ball began to come to life. “Do you smell that possibility?” “All I smell is vom and con stink,” I replied. Yet I caved, because wouldn’t it have been wonderful to find Prince Charming at the...
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Ashley Poston loves dread pirates, moving castles, and starry night skies. When not geeking out at comic-cons, she lives in South Carolina with her cat named Pepper. She is the author of The Dead Romantics, the Heart of Iron duology, and the Once Upon a Con series. She can be found online at ashposton.com.
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April 15, 2020 A small-town girl transforms a spoiled star in this third installment in the Once Upon a Con series. High school senior Rosie Thorne loves the science-fiction space opera Starfield, connecting with her recently deceased mother through the old TV show, the newly rebooted movie series, and the tie-in novels. In real life, though, Rosie is struggling with her grief, her college essay, and the unwanted attentions of Gaston-stand-in Garrett Taylor. When Rosie's unfortunate run-in with the town's newest resident leads to her cataloging the library of an eccentric castlelike house, she also must deal with the beastly moods of Hollywood bad boy Vance Reigns, who is staying there. Seventeen-year-old co-narrator Vance is a self-proclaimed prisoner, exiled to North Carolina by his stepfather after filming the newest Starfield movie. Spoiled, sulky, and self-loathing, publicity-shy Vance fears that he's irredeemable. Tying in 2017's Geekerella and 2019's The Princess and the Fangirl but expanding outside the enchanted bubble/fever-pitch world of conventions, Poston adds a dash more reality to this romance. The world of Starfield--initially, a Star Wars/Star Trek knockoff, with a rebel princess, too-good hero, and cocky bad boy--begs for a TV adaptation. Despite the setting, both Rosie and Vance are white; their sidekicks are more diverse, in gender, if not race; nonbinary Quinn is a scene stealer while Rosie's bisexual, former-punk rocker, librarian dad is adorkable. A satisfying fairy-tale nerd love story. (Romance. 12-18)
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April 10, 2020
Gr 10 Up-Poston's third companion novel in the "Once Upon a Con" series-following Geekerella and The Princess and the Fangirl-will give fans a reason to cheer. An erudite girl named Rosie must pay off her debt to an enigmatic homeowner for knocking a priceless book into a pool. The frustrating, dashing, and occasionally unpleasant Vance Reigns has her cleaning and organizing the library. The story is delightful, with notable fairy-tale tropes and inside jokes that fans will appreciate, and the main characters offer readers a sense of a close-knit Starfield community, with a supporting cast that is just as strong. Readers don't have to know the first two books to understand what's happening, but the cameos are fun. VERDICT Although the pace of the book is a bit slow at the beginning, it quickly picks up into great storytelling, with a lot of amusing flourishes.-Annisha Jeffries, Cleveland Public Library
Copyright 2020 School Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.
May 15, 2020 Grades 9-12 The third installment in the Once Upon a Con series, following The Princess and the Fangirl: A Geekerella Fairy Tale (2019), puts a humorous twist on "Beauty and the Beast." Magnet-for-trouble and heartthrob villain in the new sf Starfield movie Vance Reigns is dropped in the middle of nowhere after some bad publicity. His path crosses that of Rosie Thorne, who is daydreaming about the mysterious cosplayer she met at ExcelsiCon but also still reeling from her mother's death. When Rosie accidentally damages a rare novel, she agrees to organize the library in the mansion where Vance is staying to pay off the debt. The problem is, well, Vance is rather beastly in manner. Nonbinary and bi characters who aren't overly flamboyant, two award-worthy best friends sharing in that specialness that is geeking out in a library with your favorite books . . . what's not to adore? Of note are definitely the character arcs, the slow-burning romance, and the relatable fear of disappointing the people who love us. This rom-com told in alternating viewpoints is poised to steal any book geek's heart.(Reprinted with permission of Booklist, copyright 2020, American Library Association.)
BuzzFeed
"Utterly charming."
Sweety High, on the Once Upon a Con series
"Brilliantly structured modern retellings of classic fairytales...packed with adorably angsty romance."
Nerds and Beyond
"Beautiful."
Booklist
"A humorous twist on 'Beauty and the Beast.'...This rom-com told in alternating viewpoints is poised to steal any book geek's heart."
Buzzfeed
"This lighthearted, fun, LGBT YA book dives expertly into the world of fandoms and cons."
Paste
"A geeky love story that readers will love."
POPSUGAR
"Unabashedly fun, intoxicating read."
BookRiot
"This companion to Geekerella reimagines The Prince and the Pauper in the best way possible: at a con!"
Sweety High
"The Princess and the Fangirl manages to take the already powerful Geekerella and build upon it in a way that makes its universe seem completely real."
USA Today's Happy Ever After
"Geekerella has 'must-read' written all over it. A fun romantic comedy with coming-of-age sensibilities and authentically voiced teens, this novel hits all the YA book-love buttons. Geekerella is simply delightful."
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