4.5 stars. I totally adored this book, although there is a .5 of a star I kept back, that is my own personal issue, one I will probably not address as it would probably make people angry. I loved the characters, how real they were especially. I loved all the nerdiness from the comic conventions. I loved the people who LOVED the shows and were huge fans. There was so much that made me laugh. Parts that made me tear up a bit, as well as parts that made me frustrated. I can't wait to order this book and put it in my school library next year. There was one line that I hope makes it to the final copy, as it is such a true sentence:

"It's so much more exhausting being around people when you're sad, especially when they're not as sad as you."

If you've ever been sad, but had to still be around other people who weren't sad, then you totally understand this. The shipping in the book totally reminds me of some of the crazy ships that exist in the world of one of my favorite tv shows, Supernatural. As a heterosexual woman, I don't necessarily see the things that some people see, like the whole Smokeheart ship in this book reminds me of what people do with Castiel and Dean or Crowley and Dean. Something that while I get the bromance thing, my straightness doesn't always quite pick up on the other, or at least it didn't used to. My eyes might be a little more open to that these days.

If you are a shipper, or enjoy a good lgbtq romance - with a teen girl who just still doesn't know for sure if she is gay or not, and plenty of other good examples of lgbtq characters, as well as the reality of people who are not accepting of this and will fight it in public, you have found the right book. If you like reading about the craziness of fans at comic book conventions or online with fanfic or Tumblr, etc., this is also probably the book for you.