Anime Nerds Unite!

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I won this book from Bookishfirst and was so happy to receive it! The colors in the cover are beautiful and I love the artwork.

In the beginning, I wasn’t sure how to feel about this book. A few of the scenes and interactions put me off a bit. It kind of felt like The Big Bang Theory where “pretty popular girl dates nerdy boy and that’s weird and comedic” and that trope is so annoying to me. I’m so glad it wasn’t like that in the end.

Cam is an anime nerd who has a group of friends who are also anime nerds. This book is definitely catered towards folks who like anime. There’s so many references that will probably be lost on those who aren’t into the anime culture as much.

Cam begins hanging out and booking up with Karla, one of the most popular girls in school. The levels of simp that Cam went through was annoying at times for me. Yes she was pretty and popular, but the way she treated him in the beginning got under my skin. Then it transforms into a love triangle where he begins to fall for Mackenzie, a new girl who has joined his nerd club and who he used to dislike. He begins to see there’s more of her then what he thought and begins to see her as an actual friend and love interest. As things start heating up with Karla, things start getting started with Mackenzie.

I thought the very in depth research Cam went into about having sex was pretty accurate for a high school kid. Him being curious and wanting to be responsible is a great message to send to teens readings this book.

I really liked the message at the end of this book. Everyone is weird. People may seem cool and popular and like they are in completely different worlds then you but they can surprise you in their interest. We aren’t all as different as we seem. Nobody is the wrong kind of weird.