Member Reviews
Claire is a fan of the show Demonheart and she just knows that the two male leads, Heart and Smokey belong together. She ships them so hard that she writes slash fanfiction on the pairing. When she discovers that the actors and showrunner of Demonheart will be appearing at a Comic Con near her, she has to attend. Claire quickly gets in over her head and shocks Forest, the actor who plays Smokey by asking if Heart and Smokey will ever kiss. Forest is adamant it will never happen and calls her crazy, sitting into motion Claire "winning" the opportunity to join the group on their other convention tours. As the two get to know one another they start questioning what they know about themselves, including their own sexuality. Claire has been seen as a lesbian before and has quickly shrugged it off, Meeting Tess, an african-american fellow fan who identifies as heteroromantic pansexual has her thinking things might not be as black and white as she thought. Forest meanwhile wants to project a tough straight guy image in order to get the role of his dreams. As he realizes the importance of fans he starts to wonder if it's worth it. Part travel adventure, part growing up story, this is a tale of geeks and nerds and not being ashamed to show your true self, be it sexual orientation or liking something others may find embarrassing. An enjoyable read that was extremely well-written, depicting realistic characters who don't have everything figured out, and that's ok. A book for nerds, and a book for those who identify as LGBT+ who might see themselves in the characters, and that's more than ok.