I read Geekerella, the first in the series, back when it came out in 2018 and whereas I didn’t love it, love it, I did think it was a good read. I’m not really sure why I never read the next two books but after getting into this author’s adult fiction I’m going back and checking out this YA series and I must say, this book hit the spot.

Imogen Lovelace is a fangirl for the character Amara on Starfield a sci-fi tv show a la Star Trek. Amara got killed off and Imogen has created a hashtag that’s gone viral #saveamara and she’s at the ExcelsiCon to hand out buttons and do her thing to try to save a fan favorite. Jessica Stone is the actress who plays Amara and admittedly hates her character. She’s contracted to make the rounds at the Comic Con and is hopeful that her character really did die and won’t be back for a second season. When these two meet the interaction isn’t friendly and when Imogen gets mistaken for Jess and lands on a panel as her she takes the opportunity to speak up for saving her character. Needless to say Jess isn’t happy. Until she needs Imogen to be her again.

I really enjoyed the trip down memory lane into the weird world that are Comic Con’s. I used to help out at them when I was younger and you really do see all sorts of “characters” and they are really a lot of fun. The thought that one person could be mistaken for a movie star is a bit of a stretch but this plot was a fun bit of fantasy so I didn’t bother with breaks from reality. What made this novel work was that these two characters personalities were complete opposites that ended up sharing the same view by the end of the book. I love those converging storylines, the journey is very satisfying!

Jessica and Imogen don’t really have a lot to do with each other in this novel other than replace each other a la Parent Trap, but they each get a love interest that is related to their counterpart. In Imogen’s plot it’s Jess’s assistant/best friend and in Jess’s it’s Imogen’s virtual female friend who has never set eyes on Imogen before so can believe the swap scheme. I enjoyed the latter story better than the former but I thought the parallel storylines were a nice departure from the usual YA romance plots. Jessica seemed a little bit more mature than Imogen and her romance read more mature to me and I liked that aspect, plus making this tv star gay made her more interesting and in comparison the boy meets girl romance fell a little flat. Despite that, I really enjoyed reading this novel and loved the sci-fi aspects to the plot. I think I’ll gear up for book #3! ❤️❤️❤️❤️

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