02364cam a2200361 4500 759626450 TxAuBib 20200819120000.0 200129s2020||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2019059737 9781683691938 hbk. $18.99 1683691938 hbk. $18.99 (OCoLC)1120956500 DLC eng rda DLC YDX TOH GK8 OCLCF IDY MJ8 ILC OCLCO YU6 OCLCO GO3 OCLCO TxGR TxAuBib Poston, Ashley, author. Bookish and the beast [Book] : a novel / by Ashley Poston. Philadelphia : Quirk Books, 2020. 285 pages ; 23 cm. Once upon a con series Sequel to: The princess and the fangirl. In this adaptation of the Beauty and the Beast fairy tale, the teenaged star of a popular science fiction movie franchise hides out in a small town, following a tabloid scandal, and meets the bookish Rosie Thorne who is still grieving over her mother's death. Rosie Thorne is feeling stuck: on her college application essays, on that mysterious General Sond cosplayer she met at ExcelsiCon, but most of all in her grief over her mother's death. Her only solace was her late mother's library of rare Starfield novels, but the family sold it to pay off hospital bills. Vance Reigns has always been Hollywood royalty, with all the privilege and scrutiny that entails. After a tabloid scandal, he's forced to hide out in Small Town USA. At least there's a library in the house... too bad he doesn't read. When their paths collide and a rare book is accidentally destroyed, Rosie finds herself working to repay the debt. She thinks Vance is a jerk, and she can't stand him. The feeling is mutual. But they may just find that there is more risk in shutting each other out than in opening their hearts.-- adapted from jacket. Ages 14 and up. Quirk Books. Grades 10-12. Quirk Books. 20200819. Celebrities Fiction. Grief Fiction. Love Fiction. Young adult fiction. Beauty and the beast English. Once upon a con series. RV8