Planning is Zoe Rosenthal’s superpower. She has faith in a properly organized to-do list and avoids unnecessary risks. Her mental checklist goes something like this: 1) Meet soulmate: DONE! 2) Make commitment: DONE! 3) Marriage: TO COME! (after college). She isn’t sure which college yet, but it will have a strong political science department, since her perfect boyfriend, Simon, plans to “save the country,” as his sister puts it, “and the planet and everything.” Zoe will follow along, the perfect serious, supportive girlfriend. It’s good to have her love life resolved, checked off, done.
But speaking of unnecessary risks, Zoe’s on a plane to Atlanta, sneaking off to Dragon Con for the second season premiere of Bleeders. The show is subject to her boyfriend’s lofty scorn, but Zoe is nothing like these colorful hordes “wearing their inside on their outside.” Once her flirtation with fandom is over, she will get back to the important business of planning a future with Simon. The trouble is, right now, Bleeders—and her fellow “Bloodygits”—may just mean the world to her.
Will a single night of nerdery be enough?
I look longingly at cons. They're a very rare thing in Ireland anyway, and with things the way they are I don't think I'll want to be in a room with hundreds of other people for a while. So it's a good thing there are books like this one to fill the gap.
Zoe is a recently converted fan of the streaming show Bleeders, a mostly female run and acted show. She's decided to indulge herself, for just one night, at a con, her first ever. One night will definitely be enough to get it out of her system - even if the people she meets are so friendly and welcoming, and the costumes so amazing, and there's another con a few months later. This is the one and only time she's going to lie to her boyfriend like this. Definitely...
This novel is a love story to cons and to the fans who attend. I had as much fun as Zoe identifying the different fandoms and groups, and learning about the differences between different cons and different groups. Zoe's friends are a great group; I want one just like them, please.
Because we only ever saw Simon in Zoe's description - the guy wasn't even in the novel until the very end - it's hard to know if he would have understood if she'd told him, or not. It's hard to get a grip on a character you don't actually meet, but I do think Zoe made the right decision at the end.
I loved this. It's just a lovely, light hearted, enjoyable read. Fantastic.
Zoe Rosenthal is not Lawful Good publishes on the 6th of April, 2021. I received a free copy and am providing an honest review.
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