Descripción
Libro Geek Charming. The ideal L.A. fairy tale for fans of Once Upon a Time and L.A. Candy!
Inspiration for the Disney Channel TV movie, Geek Charming!
Dylan Shoenfield is the princess of L.A.’s posh Castle Heights High. She has the coolest boyfriend, the most popular friends, and a brand-new ‘it’ bag that everyone covets. But when she accidentally tosses her bag into a fountain, this princess comes face-to-face with her own personal frog: self professed film geek Josh Rosen. In return for rescuing Dylan’s bag, Josh convinces Dylan to let him film her for his documentary on high school popularity. Reluctantly, Dylan lets F-list Josh into her A-list world, and is shocked to realize that sometimes nerds can be pretty cool. But when Dylan’s so-called prince charming of a boyfriend dumps her flat, her life–and her social status–comes to a crashing halt. Can Dylan–with Josh’s help–pull the pieces together to create her own happily-ever-after? Libro Geek Charming.
Triny –
This was a charming and funny book, and was clearly inspired by the Brothers Grimm fairytale, The Frog Prince.
Dylan Schoenfield is THE most popular girl at Castle Heights. She is pretty, skinny, rich, and entirely spoiled and self involved. When she accidentally drops her Serge Sanchez bag—her limited edition, on-the-waiting-list-for-a-year, only girl in her school to have it—bag, in the fountain, she bullies a nearby geeky guy to get it for her. He says he will—IF he can film a documentary about her for his application to USC film school. She agrees because she has no intention of following through with it. So she’s NOT happy to find him at her home, hanging out with her dad, having explained the whole story to him. And her dad forces her to keep her word.
What makes this book good, is the writing and the characters. While it’s definitely a teenage or YA adult type of “chick lit”, the characters are funny and complex. Robin Palmer captures the speech, the thought patterns, the actions, PERFECTLY for both the populars and the geeks—and proves that they aren’t so different.
There are some nice plot twists, and rather an unexpected ending. I loved the ending, by the way. I was figuring it would have the stereotyped ending, which would have been a letdown in this case. Instead Palmer went with what the characters would really do—and it totally worked.
I love fairy-tale retellings, and I’m definitely going to read more of Palmer’s books!