Boy Proof

Boy Proof is a deceptive little novel. Despite the chick-lit sounding name and the premise of a geek girl who doesn't get close to anyone it ends up a sweet little coming of age story about a girl figuring out who she is and why she is in this world. My only problem with the story was that we never got the root of WHY Egg is so very, very angry at the world. Egg is just lucky that the people around her didn't give up on her, because when she finally tries to change-that is when the book got really, really great. I couldn't help blushing over my own crush on a certain character from the world's best SciFi TV show that also deals with the end of an Earth-like planet. And it reminded me why I never read interviews with actors I love-because they could be dicks and it ruins everything. Also, I loved the nod to Doctor Who and other geeky fun icons.

This is for our geeky girls and guys who want a modern realistic fiction book about teens who are serious fans. I just wish it had a better title because I think the book would find itself in the right hands. Even just “Egg” would have been better.

I found Cecil Castellucci through the Plain Jane series (of which I am hoping there are many, many more). A new author to love (and not read interviews about).