Review: Challenge Accepted (Gamer Girls Series Book 2) by Auryn Hadley and Kitty Cox

Challenge Accepted by Auryn Hadley and Kitty Cox
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Excellent Peek Into Gamer Culture

This is the second book in the Gamer Girls Series, but it could be read as a standalone book. I believe from the implication at the end of the book, in notes written by the authors, that the third book will include characters from this book and possibly from the first book. So though this book can standalone, it’s probably best taken as part of the trilogy.

Riley is 26 and runs the family Shire Horse farm. Her parents died a couple of years earlier and she is trying to keep the farm going and is hanging on by the skin of her teeth. Her best friend Kitty also helps on the farm and lives there with her. They are both gamers, but Riley is a really GOOD gamer and has a shot of making it as a Pro-Gamer.

In game she meets Void, or Logan as he’s known in the real world, who is very famous in the FPS (First Person Shooter) community, and he tells her she should come to a tournament. She has hidden her gender online since creating the tag QQ as she has had problems in the past relating to her gender, and decides that this tournament is coming out party.

At the tournament she meets Void, makes some new friends and earns enough money to keep her farm going. Trouble is, people in the horse world resent the fact that she is young, female and wears braids and has tattoos. She also has to prove her worth in the gaming community, that she isn’t just eye candy that all the guys are going easy on.

I really enjoyed this book. It wasn’t as emotionally challenging as the first book and it showed a different aspect of the gaming culture. We got to see things from the point of view of the gamers. We see the community in it’s naked glory, both it’s positive and negative sides showing.

I really liked both Logan and Riley. They are both strong, determined, intelligent and capable people. They support each other without hesitation. I also liked how the other gamers joined in with helping out.

The other characters were all interesting, and though not a lot of time was spent on them individually they all stood out as unique, with interesting hints of back stories.

A really enjoyable book, and I can’t wait to read the next one.

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