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Bookish and the Beast

(Once Upon a Con #3)

Ashley Poston (Goodreads Author)

3.97 · Rating details · 4,835 ratings · 1,150 reviews

In the third book in Ashley Poston's Once Upon a Con series, Beauty and the Beast is retold in the beloved Starfield universe.

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 moth ...more

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Nov 01, 2020 Jesse (JesseTheReader) added it

The wholesomeness really jumped on the page with this one! This was a lot of fun! Albeit, I wish it would have been more focused on the con scene like the last two and it definitely felt like it had a bit of a disney channel original movie style going for it, but it still maxed me out with happiness. I reaaaally want Ashley Poston to keep creating stories in this little fandom verse she's created, because they're just such feel good books. ...more

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Aug 04, 2020 Reading_ Tam_ Ishly rated it it was amazing

***The Best in the series so far***
**Didn't like the second book
*Left the first book after a few pages

💫This book made me so freaking happy!💞

I don't care about the other books in this series but this one is just meant to be mine 😍

With all that nerdiness and book talk.

With all that friendship vibes.

With all that homecoming vibes.

With all that things can go horribly wrong.

With all that the story is just beginning at the end!

I just love the characters so much!

Rosie is so level headed even if she sou ...more

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Jan 23, 2020 Ashley Poston rated it it was amazing · (Review from the author)

Books, beasts, and german shepherds, oh my!

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Feb 17, 2020 Sophie rated it did not like it

Shelves: arc, 2020

Thank you to the publishers for providing me with a free copy in exchange for an honest review.

This series has been a bit of a frustrating one to me. It's cute and lighthearted so reading it always sounds appealing, but at the same time it has so many pop culture references that it overpowers everything else and doesn't give any room for the actual fictional universe created in this story to shine. Think of Galaxy Quest, it created its own universe and has nods to other science fiction (without Thank you to the publishers for providing me with a free copy in exchange for an honest review.

This series has been a bit of a frustrating one to me. It's cute and lighthearted so reading it always sounds appealing, but at the same time it has so many pop culture references that it overpowers everything else and doesn't give any room for the actual fictional universe created in this story to shine. Think of Galaxy Quest, it created its own universe and has nods to other science fiction (without outright naming them) but it is also very much its own thing. This series should have aimed to be more like Galaxy Quest. At that point why even create your own universe? Other than to make all of the love interests stars of the world, of course.

I am also iffy on Beauty and the Beast retellings. I have read some really good ones (Heart's Blood is absolutely lovely) but so many retellings come off as lazy. It's also usually hard for people to make the Beast Beast-like without making him such a major tool that romance seems unlikely. This guy (Vance) is complaining about how he's missing out on life because he can't fly in coach and buy cheap sneakers. He's in exile because of a car accident he caused and he needs to hide out from everyone, but he's planning that as soon as he's 18 he's going to be out of his stepfather's life and out of "exile." In this super nice house in North Carolina that his stepfather's friend is letting him stay in, not caring that his dog is ruining the rose bushes. He also plays the "hot villain" in the new movies.

So "Belle" (in this book her name is Rosie) sees his dog and chases him into the house which she thinks is abandoned because it looks rundown on the outside but is super nice inside it, sees a bookshelf with a huge collection of fandom books (think those Star Wars and Star Trek novels, the main character even mentions Timothy Zahn's Thrawn books), picks up the most expensive one from the author created universe that she is super excited and touched to see because of the sentiment behind it. She gets chased, jumps in the pool with it, and it gets destroyed.

Oops, turns out the book is worth a little over a grand. Which, I have a hard time believing to begin with. Fandom books CAN be worth that much but that's unusual (a super rare Star Trek book is currently being sold for $60), and I have seen special edition books from authors worth less. Hard to believe that she'd treasure it that much, know that it's rare and special, and then just be all nonchalant and casual about ruining it. This is even funnier later on because the two characters mention that the new fandom created universe movie can't be as good as The Last Jedi but still pretty awesome. So the author sees her universe as "not as good" as a terrible movie and basically a universally hated movie that destroyed Disney's Star Wars legacy and hurt the success of future projects, but definitely good enough to have a fandom tie-in book worth a ton of money. Cool, makes sense!

Moving on, in order to make up for the cost (because who cares about the roses, but not the book!!), Rosie agrees to volunteer to organize the library and create a spreadsheet of which books are damaged, etc, and the guy watching the house and Vance, says that Vance will help out and also will pay to replace the book. Because who cares about everything the dog destroys in the garden, but not the fandom book!! Well, turns out that Vance had met Rosie before when he was in a costume at a convention and was honest about his life, so uh-uh! He wants her gone. I will end my description there since that was the basic set up and I don't want to ruin it for everyone, but let's just say that it doesn't improve.

This book was trying too hard to fit into the Beauty and the Beast story, but it just fell flat and felt so forced. I shouldn't be surprised, to many people all characters need to be are a sexy villain and everything will just magically fall into place with readers finding them sympathetic and the backstory being rich even if there isn't one. That shit doesn't work on me.

With the exception of the godfather and Rosie's dad, every character was insufferable, and the references were worse than ever. Rosie has no sense of self preservation in the most infuriating and immature way possible. She gets fired from a job early on in the book for using her phone immediately after getting warned to not use her phone, and one of the reasons listed that she was in trouble was for using TikTok and filming videos at work. This is a job she's supposed to keep because she needs it to help pay for college. The godfather is supposed to be Latino, but there were just a few forced "mijos." The diversity in general just felt incredibly forced. While the other books had their flaws, this one was just unbearable. ...more

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Sep 22, 2020 Peyton Reads rated it it was amazing

PLEASE TELL ME ASHLEY POSTON WILL KEEP MAKING THESE BOOKS BECAUSE I NEED THEM FOREVER!

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Aug 27, 2020 Lia Carstairs rated it it was amazing

Shelves: romance, retelling, all-time-fav, contemporary, queer-rep, young-adult

  "With him, a little of her heart leaves, but it leaves room, too.
For new people.
For new loves.
For new impossibilities."

Awww why did reading this have to go by so fast?🥺😭

Ashley Poston creates the most beautiful contemporary retellings EVER🥰

Well......maybe I can't really say that considering how I've only read two of her books.😅😂 But it really does feel like that.

I thought Geekerella was amazing and one of the most adorable contemporaries I've ever read, but this.........

Bookish and

  "With him, a little of her heart leaves, but it leaves room, too.
For new people.
For new loves.
For new impossibilities."

Bookish and the Beast completely surpasses its predecessors!😍 (I can't really judge the 2nd book though, since I haven't read it xD) It was such a cute and fun read!🥰

Vance Reigns is the actor for General Sond—the villain of Starfield —and now is considered a true villain in real life after a certain......incident resulting in the breakup of Hollywood's cutest couple. His stepfather decides for Vance that he should lay low for awhile and sends him off to a tiny remote town. And of course, he absolutely hates it there.

Rosie Thorne recently lost her mother and continues dealing with that grief by finding comfort in reading her books—that is until she damages a priceless edition of a book and is tasked with trying to repay it with the help of Vance. You can guess how that goes.😂

They absolutely despise each other. But eventually, something changes all that.😏

Ahhh Vance's character development was amazing.🥰 He went from not trusting anyone and being a total jerk to everyone to learning to believe in himself & others more and understanding his mistakes & fixing them. So sweet💕

Of course, I automatically loved Rosie the moment I learned that she was a bookworm. Her obsession with books is so me and everyone else here (or at least I'm pretty sure).

"I love how books are not really just books at all, but doorways.
They are portals into places I’ve never been and people I’ll never be, and in them I have lived a thousand lives and seen a thousand different worlds."

That's so true🥺💞 And she even got Vance to get into reading books!!! That is such an accomplishment.🤯 I always try getting my friends into reading & GR, but it never works for me.😢 'Tis the sad reality.

Oh and then there's.......Garrett.😒 Seeing how this is a Beauty and the Beast Retelling, Garrett just reminded me of Gaston.😤

OMG and looking at the GIF, I can even see the resemblance between the two!😂 They both look the same AND act the same. Garrett kept trying to get Rosie to agree to be his date even when she said 'no' and believed himself to be the most beautiful person ever xD. Just like Gaston.🤢

Hehe and I was trying to come up with some ship names for Vance & Rosie. Like Rance? Or Vosie? xD they're so bad.😬🤣 I don't even know why I tried after my first attempt at coming up with ship names in The Upside of Falling . Never let me come up with new ship names xD.

Aghhhh and how did Ashely Poston manage to make me fall in love with her side characters so much???🥺😍 Annie & Quinn were such awesome best friends for Rosie. I loved how their friendship was never compromised throughout the story and it stayed true the whole way.🥰 Nothing got between the trio.💞

AND NEVER FORGET SPACE DAD🔥🔥🔥 Space Dad was such an amazing figure in this book. Rosie's Dad was also dealing with the grief of losing his wife but he always acted cheerful and even though he made mistakes in front of a lot people (like burning down the kitchen😂) he still was amazing.😍

This can be read as a standalone, but there are a lot of references from the previous books which makes me wish I read the 2nd book before this.😅 BUT I did manage to read some reviews of the The Princess and the Fangirl and get some of the references in this book xD.

Now my only complaint of Bookish and the Beast is that IT WAS TOO SHORT.😭😭😭 I really wish there was more to read. I WANT MORE ~~ROSANCE~~ okay, okay, that was bad.🙈. BUT STILL. MORE ROSIE x VANCE.🥺 288 PAGES WAS NOT ENOUGH FOR ME😭

Ahhh well there's always re-reads.

Still. I'm just gonna be over here hoping that the author will decide to make more contemporaries in this series.🤞

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Jul 08, 2019 megs_bookrack marked it as to-read

Shelves: ya-contemporary-to-read, 2020-releases

UPDATE 2/25/20:

((screams in geek))

I didn't know we had a cover for this as well!

Behold its beauty, behold its grace. I love it, there's a puppy...and bookshelves!!!

BEAUTY AND THE BEAST RETELLING!!!

Commence stalking internet until cover reveal.
That is all.

Wake me up in June. ...more

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Mar 21, 2020 Candace Robinson added it

This one had some cute and funny moments but I still liked Geekerella the best! I know Vince is supposed to be spoiled but sometimes I just couldn’t relate to him but I did still like him.

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May 15, 2020 Melindam rated it it was ok · review of another edition

Shelves: high-school-stuff, young-adult, retelling, arc-by-edelweiss, books-and-or-libraries, meh

Expectations:
description

Reality:

YA/Nerd/Sci-Fi-Fan-retelling of Beauty and the Beast with a Library as one of the "main characters".

This sounded really exciting in theory. However, it just did not work in practice.

I mean, the Belle / Beast / Gaston / Poor Dad counterparts are obvious and the story follows the original path while trying to translate it into "Nerdy", but honestly? I found it drawn-out and boring.

Rosie (Belle) - Vance (Beast) are both characters with valid issues, who are in serious limbo be ...more

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Oct 11, 2020 Jessica rated it really liked it

Shelves: teen-novels, romance, quirk-books, fangirl-fandom, lgbt-queer

I received a copy of this book for free from the publisher (Quirk Books) in exchange for an honest review.

I am such a huge fan of this series so I was excited to read this, especially since Beauty and the Beast is my favorite fairy tale. I ended up enjoying this a lot!

So first off, there are a lot of references to Disney’s Beauty and the Beast. Like on page 37 there is a reference to “the great wide somewhere” and on page 224 there is talk of “Magic spells. Daring sword fights. A prince in disgu I received a copy of this book for free from the publisher (Quirk Books) in exchange for an honest review.

I am such a huge fan of this series so I was excited to read this, especially since Beauty and the Beast is my favorite fairy tale. I ended up enjoying this a lot!

So first off, there are a lot of references to Disney’s Beauty and the Beast. Like on page 37 there is a reference to “the great wide somewhere” and on page 224 there is talk of “Magic spells. Daring sword fights. A prince in disguise.” As a Beauty and the Beast super fan I had a ton of fun picking up all these little Easter eggs.

As for the characters, the author always writes the most interesting and dynamic ones. Both the main and supporting characters were so lovable and fleshed out. My favorite was Rosie’s dad, aka Space Dad. He seemed like the coolest dad ever.

The writing style as usual was perfect for the genre. It was a good amount of geeky mixed in with an easy to read prose.

This books also had amazing descriptions dedicated to the love of books. For example, Rosie states, “But there is so much more in those words than just loving books. I love the smell of them. I love the way their bindings look pressed together on a shelf…They are portals into places I’ve never been and people I’ll never be, and in them I have lived a thousand lives and seen a thousand different worlds” (pg. 39). I couldn’t agree more.

I also would like to point out something the author put in the acknowledgments that I absolutely loved. She writes, “I wrote this book for me. So, if you didn’t really enjoy this book, that’s okay! You’ll find one that you love” (pg. 284). I thought this was a great reminder to readers that it is okay if you didn’t like a book and that authors can write what they want to write (on the assumption for course that it is not offensive, problematic etc.)

Lastly, I did feel like there was something missing in this book compared to the other ones in the series. I can’t quite put my finger on what it was. It could be that this book is significantly shorter than the other two and I wanted a bit more.

Overall, if you are a fan of this series (or books or Beauty and the Beast), you’ll probably like this one! ...more

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May 03, 2020 Tina rated it really liked it

Shelves: goodread-books-i-won-from-giveaways, series, read-in-2020, arc-copy

This is a YA Contemporary Retelling, and this is the 3rd book in the Once Upon a Con series. I love the cover of this book, and I love that this book is a Beauty and the Beast retelling. I love Beauty and the Beast, and this book did a good job with the retelling parts. I really enjoyed this book, and the characters where fun. I love that this book took place in a library a lot of time. I won an ARC copy of this book from a goodreads giveaway, but this review is 100% my own opinion.

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May 12, 2020 Kate (GirlReading) rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: contemporary, lgbtqia-rep, young-adult

4.5* It’s got a library. It’s got beauty and the beast references. It’s got epic friendships. It’s got the cutest crush to enemies to lovers. It’s got so. many. books. It’s got a dog. It’s got a brooding beast and a bookish beauty. It’s got just the right amount of pop culture references. It’s got a small town romance. It’s got ‘oh no, we’re caught in the rain’ scene. It’s got an epic homecoming scene. It’s got a space dad. It’s got reading aloud to each other.

basically...

SOMEONE MAKE THIS INT ...more

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Aug 23, 2020 Drewthereader20 rated it it was amazing

Shelves: new-releases, pre-orders, own-books, audiobook, completed-series, contemporary, tbr-shelf, 2020-favorites, 2020-reads, hardcover

This was such a cute book and I'm sad that this is the last one in this series.... RTC
1) Geekerella 5/5 stars
2) The princess and the fangirl 5/5 stars
2.5) Once a princess 3/5 stars
3) Bookish and the beast 5/5 stars ...more

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Feb 18, 2020 sam rated it really liked it

Shelves: contemporary-read

4.25⭐️
i’m thinking maybe i liked this more than book 2? My ratings are kinda off but oh well. Yes this story is very geeky and adorable but at the same time it has a lot of representation. And it’s not just in this book, it’s the whole series. I don’t see how there can be a fourth book for this series but I really enjoyed this one. It’s not necessary to read the books before reading this because this can be read as a stand-alone. But there are a lot of references to the previous books and a lot ...more

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Oct 01, 2020 Syndi rated it it was ok · review of another edition

Shelves: dnf

DNF

I read Geekerela long time ago. I remember I shelved it under DNF. After so many years, I decided to give it another chance with Bookish and the Beast.

Still... not working for me. Miss Poston put too many aspect of Starfield world into this book. The writing style is not working for me. I am just not into it.

2 stars

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Apr 19, 2019 K Whatsherface rated it it was amazing

Shelves: favorites, novels, retellings, 2021-reading-challenge

Jan 2021: finally finishing this one. I'm easily distracted. But I adored this book. I love the return characters. I hope we get more in this series but I have no idea who'd be the next lead. Overall fun.

Feb 2020: there's a cover!! When did we get a cover? That's rhetorical. Please don't actually answer. It's cute. Also a description! I had a feeling this one would be about Vance

2019: Beauty and the beast set in the nerdy world of geekerella? Sold ...more

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Apr 21, 2019 Sage Elizabeth marked it as to-read

Shelves: retelling

1.) Geekerella ★★★★★
2.) The Princess and the Fangirl ★★★★★
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Ashley Poston's 'Once Upon a Con' series is the fangirl/contemporary retelling equivalent to Marissa Meyer's 'Lunar Chronicles'. ...more

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Feb 10, 2020 h o l l i s rated it it was ok

Shelves: 2020-reads, baa-baa-black-sheep, contemporary, disappointing, hello-diversity, lgbtqia, romance, arc, ebook, finished-in-february-2020

Unfortunately, the latest installment in this fandom-and-nerdy-love-explosion just.. really missed the mark. The third book in the series, centering around the revival and cult-following of a tv-series-turned-movie-adaptation relies heavily on the previous fairytale-esque romances set in and around the fandom and conventions and, unfortunately, fails to live up to anything that came before. Added to the mix was an attempted Beauty and the Beast retelling that didn't remotely land.

So what did wor ...more

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Jun 08, 2020 Jaye Berry rated it did not like it

Shelves: contemporary, 2020

Beauty and the Beast but make it shitty [insert 1492348 pop culture references here] This is so hard to review because this was seriously so bad it feels like a parody but no. This is a real book that a publisher spent real money on to publish. The author got paid cash money for this book and I got paid nothing to read this?? This is the worst trade deal in the history of trade deals. (Sick meme but also fuck tr*mp.)

Maybe we should make this our last once upon a con book yeah? Besides one (1) fl ...more

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Mar 04, 2020 Steff Fox rated it it was amazing

Shelves: 2020, arcs, addicting, ya, feels, cover-gems, retelling-central, lgbtqa, predictable, relateable

| Review on Reader Fox Blog |

AH! I literally screamed when I learned that Ashley Poston was coming out with a Beauty and the Beast retelling. While this particular story has often been hit or miss for me with the ones I've read, I was pretty sold on Bookish and the Beast before I even had it in my hands, let alone started reading. I think it had something to do with the title. Of everything, I fell in love with that title instantaneously. Plus, it helps that I've really enjoyed Poston's pri ...more

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Jan 28, 2020 Lea (drumsofautumn) rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: most-anticipated-2020, read-2020, arcs-done, to-buy

“Every place his lips touch – my mouth, my nose, my cheek, my neck – lights up like a star in a constellation for us.”

Bookish & the Beast was a very fun and enjoyable installment in the Once Upon a Con series, that to me sadly couldn't live up to its predecessors.

I truly loved both Geekerella and The Princess & the Fangirl a lot and feel very invested in the Starfield world and storyline. I think where this book mostly fell flat for me was the element of fandom and especially spendin ...more

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May 20, 2020 *The Angry Reader* rated it it was ok

Shelves: 2020, rona-reading, arcs, ya-na

It’s generally not fun to do this - write a list just tearing into a book. I get that this is someone’s art. Their creation. And how easy for me to sit here and critique. But it isn’t easy. Sometimes I don’t mind writing a review about how terrible a book is. (On rare occasions I’m gleeful at the prospect.) But this isn’t that.

I thought for a moment about being glib. Entire review “at least it was short.” Or “you know what sucks? This book.” And that kind of felt like a shitty moment for me.

So ...more

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Nov 04, 2020 Nenia ✨️ Socially Awkward Trash Panda ✨️ Campbell is currently reading it

Shelves: les-arcs-de-triomphes, ya-ya-land, kissing-books

Getting an ARC!!! Yeeeeee

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Nov 30, 2020 Chaity rated it really liked it

Shelves: read-in-2020, enjoyed

First of all,
*closes the book*
*smiles because of how cute it was*
*cries because there's no Vance irl*
*adds all the Poston's book to tbr*
*emails her to ask if she could adopt me*

I laughed so hard reading this book at middle of the night that one of my siblings came to check up on me and asked if I had lost my remaining last two braincells. Whatever .
I think it was funny. I've got unique sense of humor and I also tend to laugh at weird and unfunny things all the time. Don't listen to me.

If you ar ...more

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Aug 02, 2020 Bookphenomena (Micky) rated it really liked it

Shelves: ya-contemporary, grief, pback-owned, 2020-read, fc-review, jerk-redemption, retelling, cute

This was such a fab, reel-you-in story, full of books, libraries, jerks, nerds and most importantly…jerk redemption. I have to admit, I’ve missed out book two along the way, but I will put that right soon. However, I was still able to follow this interconnected standalone with ease. There was something about the love of books, in this book, that just spoke to my soul. This quote below and the whole section around it resonated with me completely.

I can recognise these books from anywhere – even te This was such a fab, reel-you-in story, full of books, libraries, jerks, nerds and most importantly…jerk redemption. I have to admit, I’ve missed out book two along the way, but I will put that right soon. However, I was still able to follow this interconnected standalone with ease. There was something about the love of books, in this book, that just spoke to my soul. This quote below and the whole section around it resonated with me completely.

I can recognise these books from anywhere – even ten, fifteen feet away. I know their spines. I know their titles. I know their thirty-year-old smell. I am at those books, my fingers running down their broken, well-loved spines…

The vibe of the two characters, Rosie and Vance were complicated, or maybe just rather simple hate. Rosie was a complete clumsy disaster whenever in the proximity of Vance. She repeatedly overstepped privacy boundaries in a cringeworthy way but it made for hilarious hiding-between-the-fingers reading.

She’s strangely intimidating, like a squirrel with a butcher’s knife.

Vance was a jerk, pure and simple. A rich kid, Hollywood royalty and a star in the movies this series is based on. Points in his favour were administered early on for Sansa the dog, but that was all he had to endear himself. Slowly over time, over their joint project, these two had some grudging connection. I loved how their story unfolded.

There was a bi-Dad storyline which I adored to the point that I wanted some more. Space Dad was so cool and his crush potential deserved its own story. The friendship circle around Rosie was sweet and loyal with a non-binary friend going for Homecoming Overlord.

Amongst the cute, were serious themes of grief and berevement. I found Rosie’s narrative, inner feelings and reluctancy to talk about her loss believable. Vance’s parent issues warranted a bit more depth, I think.

Out of the two I’ve read of this series, this is my favourite. It was a devourable read with cover details that I’m only just appreciating now. This book was everything I want and need from a contemporary YA with the added bonus of books as a context.

Thank you to Quirk books and JamiedoesPR for the finished copy to review.

This review can be found on A Take From Two Cities Blog. ...more

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Jul 23, 2020 Gerardine Betancourt rated it it was amazing

In this third installment of the series after having met at Excelsicon Ball where they both wore masks, told intimate secrets, and spent a night eating waffles and talking about the Starfield series, both remember that day with happiness but neither of them reveals their identity to each other. One of those people is Rosie Thorne who is still grieving the loss of her mother.
Rosie and her friends enjoy reading books and everything that has to do with the Starfield universe. On the other hand, we ...more

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Sep 30, 2020 L rated it it was amazing

Shelves: fantasy, love-is-in-the-air, i-can-t-get-enough, cute-cute-cute-cute-cute-cute-cute, favourite-antagonist

My online exam is knocking at my door like an uninvited guest.
-But do I care?
- 𝐍𝐎.
The only thing that mattered for me is to finish this book and I don’t regret reading this one when I 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 should start studying for exam. And you know what? It's totally worth it.

Also, who doesn’t love a beautiful retelling of 𝐵𝑒𝑎𝑢𝑡𝑦 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝐵𝑒𝑎𝑠𝑡 anyway?

I instantly liked Rosie because she loves book a̶n̶d̶ n̶o̶t̶ b̶e̶c̶a̶u̶s̶e̶ s̶h̶e̶ l̶o̶v̶e̶s̶ v̶i̶l̶l̶a̶i̶n̶s̶ j̶u̶s̶t̶ l̶i̶k̶e̶ m̶e̶.
Okay, so I love villain ...more

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Aug 08, 2020 Grüffeline rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

"Don't go falling in love with a library now. Especially one you can't own."
"Can't I fall in love just a little? At least books won't break my heart."

4.5 stars
Book 100 this year and it was so worthy. Best book in the series. 😍😍
The author claims she wrote this for herself and it shows. You can feel the heartblood she poured into this.
Rosie is a wonderful character, I loved her from the getgo. And her friends and her dad are awesome as well. Garrett is the perfect Gaston! Vance is great, too. ...more

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Sep 05, 2020 ضحى الحداد rated it liked it

Shelves: audio-book, books-i-didn-t-enjoy-much, e-book

As much as I adore this series I have to say this book was my least favorite although it has so many things that could make it so amazing
In this book we will follow Rosie and Vance, Rosie lives in a small town and she os very sad that her mother died that she is barely functioning to save up for her college and what not .. also she is a nerd and a bookworm
and Vance is the actor who plays the villian of the show Starfield but his real life is not going well, so his father decides to put him in a ...more

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May 13, 2020 Helen Power rated it it was amazing

Shelves: arc, young-adult, romance, published-2020, netgalley, author-publisher-giveaway

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This is by far the best instalment in this series. I think it might be the last, but I’m hoping there will be more. There’s always Calvin to pair up with a love interest, right? RIGHT?

I absolutely love the interpretation of the Beauty and the Beast story to fit the romance between Rosie and Vance.

There are a few parts that require a suspension of disbelief, but these are easily forgiven, because if it’s destined to happen, maybe these aren’t eyeball-rolling coincidences and are actual ...more

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