Oh, was I beside myself reading this book! I thoroughly enjoyed it. There were the whovian references and the classic quotes and the literary female fan inside of me was just squealing!

There was something about the dynamic of Ben and Trixie's relationship that was so sharp and fresh that made it enjoyable and truly set it apart from other teenage romances that one may fall upon and be disappointed by. The emotions felt very real and comparable, from getting to know each other to being a bit more.

Truly an enjoyable read this has been. I did however, felt myself getting a bit lost with the other characters personalities and how all the relationship dynamics were interwoven, but I appreciate the attempt of building a semi solid cast for our main characters. They still provided great contributions to the story without making it bland and forgettable.

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Smart kids looking for good YA, rejoice! This is an absolutely fantastic book, a high school novel that doesn't fall for any of the 'popular kid' tropes but instead realistically focuses on the academic pressure that high school can put on students and on the relationships formed.

These kids actually stay up all night doing homework. They work for their standardised tests, and fight for ranking, because everything leads to college. This is real high school, where most of the population doesn't care about the cheerleaders.

I love my guilty pleasure high school books, but they're guilty pleasure because they're so petty and the characters feel juvenile and off a reality show when they care about the popular cliques and about football and who's going to be prom queen. This book, however, could have been set in my high school and had characters that felt just like me and my friends.

This isn't just a romance as there's an element of academic dishonesty and a mystery that comes up. This was a bit convoluted and I could have poked holes in the plot, but it worked well enough to serve as a vessel for the characters to grow and there were no details that caught my attention while reading, so it was fine.

One thing is revealed at the end that is completely hilarious and so perfect and made me so happy.

There are a lot of comic book references and Doctor Who references and such that I didn't get, but they added to the book in that they made it feel so real and contributed to the characters' personalities.

If you only read cheerleader books, you might not like this; however, if you've ever loved a cheerleader book and wished that it was more realistic, this is a must read. I highly recommend this for all geeks and all fans of high school books. I wasn't expecting too much from this, but it absolutely delighted me.

I received a free copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.
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This is almost a four-star read for me. It's certainly an excellent Much Ado About Nothing adaptation, especially given all the wacky Shakespearean peculiarities Anderson renders purposeful and (mostly) sensible. And I did greatly enjoy the love story and the friendships and the depth and detail of even minor characters.

But Trixie, the narrator and our protagonist, was not just challenging to spend 300 pages with, she was also an exhibit in how diverse and often unwelcoming geek culture can be. I'm very definitely a geek, but of all the fandoms Trixie rhapsodized about—at least ten, and I'm sure I missed some—I think I only shared three of them. Which would be fine...to each their own...except she often belittled and derided those of other fandoms or those within her own fandoms who couldn't claim her geek expertise.

I get that Trixie's behavior and opinions are supposed to be slightly problematic. (Certainly her tendency to view her best friend as a chicken who clucks and flaps in panic every other moment was off-putting, to say the least.) And she does manage some growth by the end of the book. But if I wanted to hang out with someone who thinks their fandoms and their knowledge of them make them better than everyone else, there are tumblr blogs and subreddits for that.

On a slight side-note...what is it with the Tardis dresses?! I've been to many librarian conferences with so many people wearing them. I admire the devotion to fandom, but there are Middle Earth dresses and R2-D2 dresses and much other fandom couture from which to choose. Why the Tardis?! Does librarian (or librarian author) = Tardis? Is there a secret librarian Tardis society? Do the dresses just fit better than the other fandom ones? ( )

3 1/2 stars

I really enjoyed this quite a bit, as a Shakespeare fan I took off 1/2 point because of no corresponding student to Dogberry who added so much to the comedy of the play and how can Don John "Jack" not be the villian.

Loved all the nerdy references except Trixie should know that "Buffy" wins over "Firefly"

If you like this book make sure you watch the movie, IMDB Sure you'll like that as well. ( )

Interesting retelling of Much Ado About Nothing. I found the central drama a little silly, but I think the intended audience will find this quite charming. I loved all the nerd references. ( )