Week 12 Review: Now a Major Motion Picture

From Goodreads:

Fandom and first love collide for Iris on the film set for her grandmother's famous high-fantasy trilogy.

Unlike the rest of the world, Iris doesn't care about the famous high-fantasy Elementia books written by M. E. Thorne. So it's just a little annoying that M. E. Thorne is her grandmother—and that Iris has to deal with the trilogy's crazy fans.

When Iris gets dropped in Ireland for the movie adaptation, she sees her opportunity: if she can shut down production, the Elementia craze won't grow any bigger, and she can finally have a normal life. Not even the rascally-cute actor Eamon O'Brien can get in her way.

But the crew's passion is contagious, and as Iris begins to find herself in the very world she has avoided her whole life, she realizes that this movie might just be amazing… 

My Review:
I had a great time reading this book! The idea of a feminist fantasy series to rival with Lord of the Rings-and her grandmother wrote it, and it's now being made into a movie, is such an interesting idea! Of course things are complicated by the fact that her dad has basically conditioned her to look down upon the franchise. And that it's done a number on her family-a fan tried to kidnap her brother. 

At the core of this book is this family and their relationships. Iris loves her brother, but she resents him for making her come to Ireland to watch the movie getting shot. She and her dad have similar views, against this franchise, and for their mother/grandmother who wrote the books. But Iris starts to see things differently, watching the movie being filmed, forming her own opinions.

There were two things that I loved about this book (besides the writing which was easy to devour) One was the setting of Ireland, it was beautiful. And secondly Eamon and the rest of the cast, who show her their care for this project. It was really sweet! 

Loved how everything came together, it was really a joy to read! It really showed the journey that she'd gone on. It dealt with the major problem in a positive way, and I had such a great time reading it! It's funny how things work out sometimes, but this was a good funny! 

I had a great time reading this book, and I can't wait to read more by Cori McCarthy!

Author: Cori McCarthy 
Read: March 22nd, 2022
Source: Ebook.bike
Reason Why: Sounded really great and I've enjoyed her books, and it's a SAC 2022 Book!
Publisher: Sourcebooks Fire
Published: April 3rd 2018

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