Endless references to real-life fandoms from Star Trek to The Lord of the Rings make this book feel like a long, chummy in-joke. There’s even a pair of glass slippers and a Cosplay Ball. Unconventional mode of transportation? Check, in the form of the Magic Pumpkin, a vegan food truck. Fairy godmother? Check, in the form of green-haired lesbian seamstress Sage. Poston follows the “Cinderella” plot to a tee. Their stars collide when Elle enters a cosplay contest that Darien is judging at ExcelsiCon in order to win a life away from her mean stepmother. When Darien accidently calls Elle while trying to reach the management at ExcelsiCon, the two embark on an anonymous texting romance. Brown-skinned part British-Indian Darien is a hunky teen soap actor who has been cast as the lead in the film reboot of Starfield, much to the dismay of hard-core fans like Elle. Cinderella jumps aboard the Enterprise in this entertaining if somewhat paint-by-numbers version of the classic fairy tale.Įlle is a dreamy white geek girl who blogs about the television series Starfield and whose deceased, cosplaying father started the original Starfield convention, ExcelsiCon.
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