The Geek's Guide to Unrequited Love, by: Sarvenaz Tash

Blurb

​       Graham met his best friend, Roxana, when he moved into her neighborhood eight years ago, and she asked him which Hogwarts house he’d be sorted into. Graham has been in love with her ever since.
       But now they’re sixteen, still neighbors, still best friends. And Graham and Roxy share more than ever—moving on from their Harry Potter obsession to a serious love of comic books.
       When Graham learns that the creator of their favorite comic, The Chronicles of Althena, is making a rare appearance at this year’s New York Comic Con, he knows he must score tickets. And the event inspires Graham to come up with the perfect plan to tell Roxy how he really feels about her. He’s got three days to woo his best friend at the coolest, kookiest con full of superheroes and supervillains. But no one at a comic book convention is who they appear to be...even Roxy. And Graham is starting to realize fictional love stories are way less complicated than real-life ones.

       The Geek's Guide to Unrequited Love (71%) was a great book for everyone who is a geek in something. Although, this book isn't just a fictional recount of NYCC, there is a lovable main character with a charming plot to propel the novel into a great, quick read.
       As fun as this book was, it's not something you can go into with a mindset that it is going to be a "super complex and deeply meaningful" book. It's perfect for a lazy summer day by the pool. (Which I can back. I read almost all of it by the pool.)
       I have to say, even though this book only takes place over a weekend, Tash does a wonderful job building her characters as much as she can over the short span of time. I feel like, as a reader, I really got to know the characters.
       My favorite part, however, were all the amazing little nerdy references and cameos. I'm almost positive that everyone who reads this will have a reference to appreciate about their chosen movie/TV show. It always brought a smile to my face.

Review

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As she continues her search for the perfect geeky boyfriend,
Ashton

When you live for stories, when you spend so much of your time immersed in careful constructs of three and five acts, it sometimes feels like you're just stumbling through the rest of life, trying to divine meaningful narrative threads from the chaos. Which, as I learned the hard way this weekend, can be painfully fruitless. Fiction is there when real life fails you. But it's not a substitute.” 
― Sarvenaz Tash, The Geek's Guide to Unrequited Love