Review: Too much
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 03 25, 2014
I can't believe I'm starting off a review by saying too much! Too much world building (especially in book 2 of a series), too much detail, too much info. about non-essential characters, too many pop culture references.I requested this book from Netgalley (in exchange for my honest review) because I am a big urban fantasy fan and this looked like a fun read.  When you feel you have to take notes (not quite, but it was getting there), it's not a light, fun read.  I was able to follow along despite not having read Geekomancy because I have watched most of the tv shows mentioned (they give the heroine magic powers) and, while not a role playing gamer, I have brothers who were.  I can see many readers being confused and lost with the many, many references to various types of media.I give Michael Underwood kudos for writing an imaginative, original series and for jam packing Celebromancy with tons of background and world building.  All this additional information detracted from the main story line which was Ree's script being developed into a tv show and the show's star needing Ree's magic help with a curse.  It is not a marshmallow of a book, it is solid like a brick.  It's just a bit too much except for really hardcore fans of the genre and rpgs.  There's also a twist (something to do with the bad guys) at the end which is left unanswered.  I am currently reading the novella which follows this book, Attack the Geek, and it doesn't seem like this twist is getting answered there.  Grrrr.