Jess has bounced between different foster homes for most of her life so she knows better than to set down roots, so it’s fitting that none of the kids at her new high school don’t give her the time of day. Mostly because they think she’s a witch because she’s goth. There is one kid however that seems to want to spend some time with Jess. Oscar wants Jess to use her style and fashion skills to help his cosplay team compete and hopefully win their competitions. Jess blows him off, until she gets a message from her estranged biological mother through Instagram to see if they can meet. Jess wants nothing more than to meet her mom in New York City, but there is one problem, a bunch of paperwork that would never be approved by her social worker. Once Jess learns that there is a cosplay competition in New York City, she agrees to join Oscar’s team so that she can make it to see her mom. As Jess works with her team to make these cosplay costumes work, she begins to realize that it’s actually fun and so is having friends. As the big competition nears, Jess has to decide just how far she’ll go to achieve the “family” that she’s looking for.
I absolutely fell head over heels for this book! It has everything that I could have asked for: nerdy references, found family, and it didn’t sugarcoat the real issues that Jess goes through as a foster child. Not only is this book set in Detroit, but the author is from Michigan, is a former foster teen herself, and even has a Master’s degree in library science. I found that the author’s personal experience made the book that much better and found that I could not put it down.
This is a Young Adult novel, but I think that adults can appreciate the themes that are touched on in this book.
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