Elle is a die hard Starfield fan. No so her evil step mother and twin step sisters. They spend their time using up Elle's inheritance and belittling her choice of entertainment. Elle feels like a nobody until one day she receives a random text from another Starfield fan. Little does she know that her new text friend is really the heartthrob actor who is playing the lead in the new Starfield movie, the same actor she is constantly slamming on her Starfield fan blog.The Cinderella trope has been done so many times, but is is always fun to see a new twist. Poston explores the geeky world of cos play and sci-fi fandom in all its glory. It is also fun to see Darian's take on what it is like to film a major action-adventure movie. Poston is a little heavy handed with her Cinderella elements, from the orange pumpkin food truck to the crystal shoe, but, hey, that is what makes it a retelling. I appreciated the fact that, except for a bit of language, it is pretty clean. The angsty family relations ubiquitous in YA novels do not overpower the fun elements. I think teens will enjoy it, especially middle school age girls who might be part of a fandom themselves. (2017, 320 p.)
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