Zoe Rosenthal Is Not Lawful Good: The Price Of Alternate Identities

Fandom novels are gradually growing as a subgenre within YA and NA. I like them because they reflect a world in which I grew and matured, finding my friends. Even so, it can be hard to find a book that resonates with your experience and doesn’t mock fans. (Yes, I still have a long memory of certain YA novels that make it feel like the authors hate fandom.)

Zoe Rosenthal Is Not Lawful Good acknowledges that it is hard to explain fandom to an outsider. It doesn’t help that fanfic is sometimes sold illegally en masse, and some fans can be obsessive. Even so, we don’t know how to communicate it to our loved ones that we have a passion for a community built over fiction. Then we stop trying, even when it’s important. That can lead to disaster, as it does in this novel.

Zoe Rosenthal Is Not Lawful Good by Nancy Werlin

Zoe wants what her parents have: stability, good jobs, and true love. Oh, and being appreciated for her marketing efforts would be good as well as she films her neighbor’s cat with homemade soaps. Even so, the cat Wentworth’s lack of cooperation isn’t Zoe’s biggest problem. That would be her boyfriend Simon, and Zoe’s commitment to supporting him. When Zoe decides to go to DragonCon to find fellow fans of her new favorite show Bleeders and…