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Geek Love
When Joel goes to a science fiction/gaming convention, he never expects to meet the woman of his dreams. But when he finds out a gaming buddy he’s never met is there, that’s exactly what happens.
Sam got tried of being a woman in the gaming communities, so she adopted a male persona to play--only now she has to make that lie up to her best friend Joel, who she’s spent many a night chatting with online. She doesn’t think anything that happens onscreen could be real but things sure heat up when she meets the man she considers a buddy.
Amidst science fiction regulars and popular shows and movie fans, Sam and Joel try to get to know each other beyond their gaming names and have a wild night together.
When another online woman sets her sights on Joel and is willing to do anything to get him, Sam is caught in the crossfire. Will she ever be able to reconcile herself to geek love becoming real?
Sam got tried of being a woman in the gaming communities, so she adopted a male persona to play--only now she has to make that lie up to her best friend Joel, who she’s spent many a night chatting with online. She doesn’t think anything that happens onscreen could be real but things sure heat up when she meets the man she considers a buddy.
Amidst science fiction regulars and popular shows and movie fans, Sam and Joel try to get to know each other beyond their gaming names and have a wild night together.
When another online woman sets her sights on Joel and is willing to do anything to get him, Sam is caught in the crossfire. Will she ever be able to reconcile herself to geek love becoming real?
104 pages, Kindle Edition
First published December 13, 2010
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About the author
Mechele Armstrong
40 books53 followersGrowing up, I had a vivid imagination with lots of imaginary playmates and stuffed animals to keep me company. I even had crayon box adventures where the colors had a kingdom and tales to tell. And who says pink is a girl color? In my world, he was a prince.
From the time I could form my letters, this translated into fanciful writings from poems on eye shadow (I was six) to a story about an Island world I created with animals and people. Writing was something I always did.
But it never clicked. I drifted in and out of genres, mystery, animal stories, thrillers, toying with it, playing at it. I would finish some projects and store them away. It never occurred to me that this pastime could be my life's passion if I let it. Until my world collided with rediscovery.
As a teenager, I devoured books, especially romances but drifted out of the genre as an adult. On a weekend trip to the beach, I read four romance novels. I had a flash of inspiration. I could write these! Romance was where my heart lay. Within six weeks I had written my first romance novel.
I went back and revamped a thriller that I had written a few years before, making it a romance. And I became serious about my craft, trying to soak in all I could about writing. I began to write on a roleplay loop and the practice has been invaluable. I've cut my teeth there and learned what works in writing and what doesn't. And I've finally accepted who I am. A storyteller at heart, be it tales told to my children, an erotic piece about lovers or about a vampire looking for love.
So come with me and take a journey where, just like in my crayon box, things aren't always what they seem.
From the time I could form my letters, this translated into fanciful writings from poems on eye shadow (I was six) to a story about an Island world I created with animals and people. Writing was something I always did.
But it never clicked. I drifted in and out of genres, mystery, animal stories, thrillers, toying with it, playing at it. I would finish some projects and store them away. It never occurred to me that this pastime could be my life's passion if I let it. Until my world collided with rediscovery.
As a teenager, I devoured books, especially romances but drifted out of the genre as an adult. On a weekend trip to the beach, I read four romance novels. I had a flash of inspiration. I could write these! Romance was where my heart lay. Within six weeks I had written my first romance novel.
I went back and revamped a thriller that I had written a few years before, making it a romance. And I became serious about my craft, trying to soak in all I could about writing. I began to write on a roleplay loop and the practice has been invaluable. I've cut my teeth there and learned what works in writing and what doesn't. And I've finally accepted who I am. A storyteller at heart, be it tales told to my children, an erotic piece about lovers or about a vampire looking for love.
So come with me and take a journey where, just like in my crayon box, things aren't always what they seem.
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August 7, 2015
I love all the pop-culture references; this little love story totally warmed my geeky heart.
February 24, 2012
As a returner gamer girl currently dating a gamer guy, I had to grab this book and I was definitely not disappointed! The story takes place around a sci-fi convention (which made it all the more interesting for me) and is littered with geeky references from Star Wars to superheroes, Firefly, gaming and much more. For those who aren't heavily into geek or sci-fi culture, the author makes a sidenote of each reference so no one will be left behind.
I loved seeing how the characters interacted and the jokes they made between each other. The story would have made a great YA book (I hope the author decides to write a version for the YA crowd) but the constant references to the hero's arousal when around the heroine and the explicit sex scenes jolt this up to adult territory. I liked that the scenes weren't over the top in your face but got the point across.
There is a small twist that happens later that adds a bit of suspense to the narrative. If described, it may come across a bit contrived but the author pulls it off by laying the groundwork early to connect to the later payoff.
All in all, I liked Joel and Sam and look forward to see how Joel's best friend Baxter fairs in his own love story.
I loved seeing how the characters interacted and the jokes they made between each other. The story would have made a great YA book (I hope the author decides to write a version for the YA crowd) but the constant references to the hero's arousal when around the heroine and the explicit sex scenes jolt this up to adult territory. I liked that the scenes weren't over the top in your face but got the point across.
There is a small twist that happens later that adds a bit of suspense to the narrative. If described, it may come across a bit contrived but the author pulls it off by laying the groundwork early to connect to the later payoff.
All in all, I liked Joel and Sam and look forward to see how Joel's best friend Baxter fairs in his own love story.
January 4, 2011
Ragan Jay's Review
Having been a gamer and being married to a gamer, Geek Love was a book I wanted desperately to get my hands on when I first read the blurb weeks ago and I came away more than satisfied after reading it. Joel and Samantha are just adorable. They’re two hardcore gamers who find camaraderie and friendship in a world of visualized fantasy as they bond over games, television, movies, and much more.
Stories like this just make you feel young again. Take you back when love was awkward and shy and the whole experience was surreal. And then the maturity rating gets upped and things get all kinds of steamy. The humor is applied to near perfection. I smiled, chuckled, and even proceeded to laugh my butt off at times. Though mostly I just oo-ed and awe-ed over the geekiness.
Ms. Armstrong worked magic with this book and proved she is all too familiar with the gaming world because every detail was spot on. I would highly recommend it to romantics with a weakness for geeks or a flair for gaming. Fans of Firefly, specifically Mal and Inara, may find it extremely likable as well.
5 Tea Cups!
Having been a gamer and being married to a gamer, Geek Love was a book I wanted desperately to get my hands on when I first read the blurb weeks ago and I came away more than satisfied after reading it. Joel and Samantha are just adorable. They’re two hardcore gamers who find camaraderie and friendship in a world of visualized fantasy as they bond over games, television, movies, and much more.
Stories like this just make you feel young again. Take you back when love was awkward and shy and the whole experience was surreal. And then the maturity rating gets upped and things get all kinds of steamy. The humor is applied to near perfection. I smiled, chuckled, and even proceeded to laugh my butt off at times. Though mostly I just oo-ed and awe-ed over the geekiness.
Ms. Armstrong worked magic with this book and proved she is all too familiar with the gaming world because every detail was spot on. I would highly recommend it to romantics with a weakness for geeks or a flair for gaming. Fans of Firefly, specifically Mal and Inara, may find it extremely likable as well.
5 Tea Cups!
July 15, 2018
I wanted to like this. I did. But in the end I don't really understand why I finished it. The premise was a good one and I think there would've been a lot of interesting ways to go about it. But. First what bothered me was that it was a gamer romance but not really from a gamer perspective. I'm not sure if it tried to be, but there was just too much explanation on things. This is something that bothers me actually, when there's too much explanation about the culture. I prefer to figure it out from the context, like going to a foreign country. "Show, don't tell" works for me.
In addition, it would be very hard for me to believe that someone who spends so much time in a game as Sam does would not consider her game friends real friends. And I also don't really believe that she wouldn't have told someone that important that she's a woman. Or that it wouldn't have come up. Well, that I could be ok with, but not the fact that she doesn't consider online friends real friends. And then there was the whole crazy woman plot that I just thought was completely unnecessary.
I liked the idea, but the execution could've been better.
In addition, it would be very hard for me to believe that someone who spends so much time in a game as Sam does would not consider her game friends real friends. And I also don't really believe that she wouldn't have told someone that important that she's a woman. Or that it wouldn't have come up. Well, that I could be ok with, but not the fact that she doesn't consider online friends real friends. And then there was the whole crazy woman plot that I just thought was completely unnecessary.
I liked the idea, but the execution could've been better.
August 1, 2012
I liked the story but I did think that a lot of the geek explanations were silly and clunky.
I understand that the author felt she needed to explain the really geeky stuff or readers wouldn't get it but some of the explanations really intruded into the story especially the one about "achievements" because it didn't affect the story at all and it was kind of obvious even to a lay person.
Still I liked Joel and Samantha and I look forward to Code Monkey (Baxter's story).
I understand that the author felt she needed to explain the really geeky stuff or readers wouldn't get it but some of the explanations really intruded into the story especially the one about "achievements" because it didn't affect the story at all and it was kind of obvious even to a lay person.
Still I liked Joel and Samantha and I look forward to Code Monkey (Baxter's story).
November 1, 2011
I could maybe give 3.5 on this one. There were a few too many grammar errors in this one for me and the first sex scene just didn't do much for me. Part way through there are all of a sudden a bunch of geek analogies that just pulled me away from the book. I wasn't all that pleased with the ending of the book either. It was however an interesting plot.
January 15, 2013
As a Whedon is God girl myself I found myself reading this
Not much of a story going on but still an entertaining read. Quick as well, probably as not much happen other than geeks and psycho's!
Not much of a story going on but still an entertaining read. Quick as well, probably as not much happen other than geeks and psycho's!
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April 2, 2014I must have been reading a different book. A badly written one, persevered through most of it, one of my top ten worst this year for sure.
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