A timely, Silicon Valley-set YA novel for the #MeToo era. Also, young women in tech is something you don't see a lot of, especially in YA. We definitely need more of this.

This book just looked so girl-power-ish and I am here for it. I loved that they’d be taking on the tech world and Silicon Valley, especially because I read this right before heading off on a trip to San Francisco for this week! It centers around the three girls featured on the cover and their experience at ValleyStart, a prestigious tech incubator/summer internship. Lucy has tech running in her family, growing up local to Palo Alto. Maddie is from the Boston area and is hoping to beef up her graphic design portfolio, while missing her brother on the East Coast. And finally, Delia: she taught herself how to code and now she has to see if she can match up to everyone else at ValleyStart.

I didn’t love Lucy at the beginning because she was a little irritating, with her constant chatter and semi-rude comments to Maddie when they first met. She grew on me the more I got to know her and understand why she struggled (under her mom’s big name and general pressure to succeed). To be completely honest, each of these girls had their own flaws that made them different from each other, as well as their own individual strengths. I loved that they were imperfect and trying their best in the “Dave-dominated” tech world. They came out of their shells (well, Lucy was already very much out of her shell already!) and grew together as a team. I loved the idea for their app, Lit – it tells you if a public place is fun or terrible on any given night, using crowdsourced information (like Waze does for traffic).

Overall, this was a unique story that did give me The Bold Type vibes once the girls started getting closer to one another. It tackled sexism in the tech world really well and had a lot of instances that would certainly be familiar for any woman who has experience working in a male-dominated field. It’s the kind of book that makes you want to scream about the injustice of it all – so powerful but also accessible and easy to read… if that even makes sense. Highly recommend this!

I really enjoyed this book! Lucy, Maddie and Delia are a powerhouse girl group. I have been wanting to read a lot of books with female empowerment vibes recently and this one was an awesome fit for that topic. I've always been intrigued about the digital tech world and this story offered a glimpse into it and truly how unfair it is to women. I liked that at the beginning of every chapter, there was a little word/phrase and definition of popular terms used in the tech world. It gave me some education about it as well as being a cute way to begin a new chapter. 

Lucy had to be my favorite character in Screen Queens. I loved the genuine feel of her character and how her relationship with her mom was portrayed. Every daughter and mother have rocky relationships at times and theirs was done in a way that made me feel for Lucy. I also have to comment on the fact that there should be a content warning for assault here within her storyline but I think it speaks to the fact that many times in today's world, power is abused. Someone can seem super nice with their public image but you have no idea what is going on behind the scenes and the real person they are. It's sad to say but it's become an unfortunate truth. Luckily, we have women like Lucy and her friends who will stand up and speak out, akin to the #MeToo movement.

There was a cute romance in this book and it wasn't overshadowing the main plot line. I learned a lot about the digital tech world and this also gave me vibes of the Black Mirror episode where people have ratings, which distinguishes certain things they can/cannot do in relation to their popularity. I loved the idea of the girls' app and it was neat to see some nerdy girls who know how to code and come up with a unique idea for an app. I feel this is a great contemporary for anyone to read but especially anyone who is looking for a book that makes you feel empowered as a woman to never give up and follow your dreams.

This is a Netflix film waiting to happen. Reminiscent of Carl Hiaasen books, it balances both humor and social commentary effortlessly. There were moments of predictability but that didn't take me out of the story. So smart to publish this in June, it's a perfect beach read.

This is usually the kind of brain candy books I gravitate towards - fierce girls and women staking their claim in industries that are hell bent on keeping them out. In this case, it's girls in tech.
I love the premise of this book, and empathized deeply with the mothers and mentor of the 3 young protagonists. But I didn't love this book.
The main characters - Maddie, Delia, and Lucy were one-dimensional. The story was predictable. And the book had me wanting to delete every single one of my social media profiles and never allow my sons to join any.
What could have been a refreshing, cautionary tale read like a half-hearted, 'girl power' tome that was less on empowerment and more a tired story that's better executed by The Bold Type.