Name: Backward Compatible
ISBN: 9781494430573

Pete Clark

Sarah Daltry

Two nerdy gents home for winter break have discovered a female gamer at a midnight release. The trio manages to reveal the game's secret boss, a hidden enemy with enough power to destroy anything in its path.

A Geek Love Story

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Review based on an ARC received from www.netgalley.com

Katie and George meet after a brief scuffle over the last copy of the hottest new video game they waited in line all night long to purchase. Both certified geeks, will they overcome their awkwardness and find love, even if they are constantly blocked by video game playing and their equally geeky friends?

Cute story, but I often forgot these were 20 year olds in college and not high school students. Katie, George, and their friends are on winter break, but none of them have jobs. The also all live with their parents and need to constantly ask mom for money. I guess this is reality for some people, but not one character has a job? 

They also seem to never be able to leave their 'best friends' behind, and the making out with others in the room is so high school I can't even stand it. If you are 20 something and HAVE NO JOB you can find time and places to be alone (and not have to go parking). 

The word "douche" was also used to a bit of an excess. I'm no prude in the cussing department, but with all of the other creative geeky references I think we could find some better filth. The sex, the brief amount inferred, also not too sexy, but hey, these are awkward people so it is to be expected.

I think this would have been much better scaled down to high school age characters and for a bit of younger audience. The geeky references definitely hit home for someone of my generation (I'm 30) and I did get chuckles, but I much preferred Ready Player One by Ernest Cline for story, romance, and content.

Backward Compatible A Geek Love Story

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