4.5

Screen Queens

Lori Goldstein
Book
February
2022

Review:

This was a really amazing book! I loved the girl power and the story was much better than I expected. I thought the main characters had interesting backgrounds and stories and the whole thing was very cohesive. I loved all the apps they created in the book and I could see someone making something like pulse in the future. Some of these things I feel like the authors should just make because they are too awesome to be stuck in a book. The ending was well done and gracefully moved them in separate directions while still keeping them a team. I really like the enemies to friends trope because it really bonds them in such a deep way. This was a great book and I would highly recommend it!

Trigger Warnings:
Sexual assault, Misogyny, and Panic attacks.

Synopsis From Book:

This summer Silicon Valley is a girls' club. Three thousand applicants. An acceptance rate of two percent. A dream internship for the winning team. ValleyStart is the most prestigious high school tech incubator competition in the country. Lucy Katz, Maddie Li, and Delia Meyer have secured their spots. And they've come to win. Meet the Screen Queens. Lucy Katz was born and raised in Palo Alto, so tech, well, it runs in her blood. A social butterfly and CEO in-the-making, Lucy is ready to win and party. East Coast designer, Maddie Li left her home and small business behind for a summer at ValleyStart. Maddie thinks she's only there to bolster her graphic design portfolio, not to make friends. Delia Meyer taught herself how to code on a hand-me-down computer in her tiny Midwestern town. Now, it's time for the big leagues--ValleyStart--but super shy Delia isn't sure if she can hack it (pun intended). When the competition kicks off, Lucy, Maddie, and Delia realize just how challenging the next five weeks will be. As if there wasn't enough pressure already, the girls learn that they would be the only all-female team to win ever. Add in one first love, a two-faced mentor, and an ex-boyfriend turned nemesis and things get...complicated.
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