The rest of the Brightsiders and their friends fill out the background of the story. I know Jen wanted to make a point about how women are treated in Hollywood, but I think these points would've shown more if the book lingered in each moment a little longer. It's hard to really get in her head which, in turn, makes it hard to get into the book. She has plenty of walls up with the world, but she's also extremely guarded with the reader. And while I completely sympathize with what she's going through, I also really struggled to connect with Emmy. When she gets hurt in an accident caused by her drunk girlfriend choosing to drive, she's cast as a horrible role model.
When she comes out as bi, it's seen as a PR stunt, and basically everything she does gets belittled. With parents who seem to actively resent her, a girlfriend who's constantly demeaning, and a PR team more concerned with image than health and safety, Emmy doesn't have much of a support system. Even though Ry parties just as much as she does, she takes all the heat for it. Overall: 3.5Ĭharacters: 3 Emmy is the drummer in the band, and she's the target of the media's attention. After being in the car when her girlfriend gets a DUI, Emmy kicks of 6 weeks of trying to avoid scandals while falling for a fellow band member and fighting to keep her place in the band. With the paparazzi watching every single move, Emmy doesn't have any space to be a teen and make mistakes. Praise for Jen Wilde: "The book deals head on with issues of mental health, body shaming, sexuality, and internet celebrity, handling them with a delicate and skillful touch." Teen Vogue on Queens of Geek "This is the geeky, queer book of our dreams.Overview: Being in one of the world's biggest bands at 17 is a lot to handle. Jen Wilde's newest novel is both a fun, diverse love story and a very relevant, modern take on the portrayal of LGBT characters in media.
Determined to prove her worth as a writer, Bex drafts her own script and shares it with the head writerwho promptly reworks it and passes it off as his own! Bex is understandably furious, yet.maybe this is just how the industry works? But when they rewrite her proudly lesbian character as straight, that's the last straw! It's time for Bex and her crush to fight back. instead of sitting in a crowded writer's room volleying ideas back and forth, Production Interns are stuck picking up the coffee. Unfortunately, the internship isn't quite what she expected. Seventeen-year-old Bex is thrilled when she gets an internship on her favorite tv show, Silver Falls.
A TV writer's room intern must join forces with her crush to keep her boss from ruining a lesbian character in this diverse contemporary YA romance from the author of Queens of Geek.
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