*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.

  “Utterly charming.”—*BuzzFeed

  • “A fairy-tale story that will capture the hearts of book lovers everywhere.”—CNN

  “Brilliantly structured modern retellings of classic fairytales...packed with adorably angsty romance.”—Sweety High, on the Once Upon a Con series

  “A humorous twist on ‘Beauty and the Beast.’…This rom-com told in alternating viewpoints is poised to steal any book geek's heart.”—*Booklist

  • “A satisfying fairy-tale nerd love story.”—Kirkus Reviews
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    “Will give fans a reason to cheer....great storytelling, with a lot of amusing flourishes.”—School Library Journal
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    **“Enjoyable, moving, and easy to read, like eating a smooth, sweet bowl of ice cream.”—*New York Journal of Books

  “This well-developed story is for anyone who loves a good angsty and fun modern-day fairy tale.”—San Francisco Book Review
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  “One of those rare books that make me want to scream from the top of every bookstore in town, ‘READ THIS ONE!!’”—GeekMom
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  “What Poston has always done best...is capture what it's like to be a geek, and this book is no exception.”—Twin Cities Geek**

  • Praise for The Princess and the Fangirl:**
    #3 on Seventeen's Best Young Adult Books of 2019 So Far List
    A 2019 Goodreads Choice Awards Semifinalist 

  “This lighthearted, fun, LGBT YA book dives expertly into the world of fandoms and cons.”—Buzzfeed

  “A geeky love story that readers will love.”—Paste

  “Unabashedly fun, intoxicating read.”—POPSUGAR

  “This companion to Geekerella reimagines The Prince and the Pauper in the best way possible: at a con!”—BookRiot 

  “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.”—Sweety High

  Praise for Geekerella:
  Spring 2017 Kids Indie Next List Pick
  2017 Goodreads Choice Award finalist for Best Young Adult Fiction
  Named to Seventeen's 2017 "12 Life-Changing Books You Have to Read This Summer" List

  “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.”—USA Today's Happy Ever After

  “Fairytale and fandom collide in this sweet, heartfelt, entertaining rom-com.”—Bustle

  “A legit love letter to geekdom.”—Paste Magazine

  “Pay attention, fangirls, because Ashley Poston’s Geekerella is about to be your favorite YA romance.”—Sweety High  

  “The geekiest spin on Cinderella you'll ever read.”—Hypable

  “Geeks and non-geeks will discover their inner fangirl when they fall for this fan-tastic book that celebrates fan-doms, fan-tasy, and 'shipworthy romance’.”—Justine

  Autorentext

  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.

  Klappentext

  A tale as old as time is made new in Ashley Poston's fresh, geeky retelling of Beauty and the Beast.

  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 Rosie and Vance's paths collide and a rare book is accidentally destroyed, Rosie finds herself working to repay the debt. And while most Starfield superfans would jump at the chance to work in close proximity to the Vance Reigns, Rosie has discovered something about Vance: he's a jerk, and she can't stand him. The feeling is mutual.

  But as Vance and Rosie 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.

  Leseprobe
  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…