I admit it, I adore Meg Cabot.

I like Meg Cabot way more than I probably should…she of the Princess Diaries fame is an extremely prolific and immensely readable chicklit/YA author. There’s nothing surprising or unexpected about her stories, and yet she captures my attention and imagination in a way that’s truly commendable. Her protagonists are real. They’re likable. They’re believable.

In Teen Idol, Jenny is asked to play chaperone to a Hollywood actor gone undercover as a student at her school. No, she doesn’t fall for him, but he does play a fundamental role in her romantic story. I couldn’t have loved this book more.

And then there was The Queen Geek Social Club

Was it bad? Well, no I wouldn’t say that…but let me put it this way. I put this book aside, with less than 50 pages to go, and I forgot to finish it.

I was disappointed. I wanted to like this book, I really did. It just didn’t quite have the stuff. It took way too long to tell the story, and then rushed the predictable ending. When I finally did remember to pick it up and finish it, I was left feeling pretty “meh” about it.