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Felix Ever After by Kacen Callender
5.0

Wow!! What is there to even say about this STUNNING book (both inside and out) that hasn't already been said?! This is one that I've been eyeing for months and I TORE through it. Kacen Callender crafts a powerful book about what life is like for Black, queer, and transgender youth in NYC. I learned so many new things and lots of new terms (to me). There's so much acceptance, love, pain, energy, and anger in this one. While reading I found myself experiencing EVERY emotion from heartache to giddy excitement to pure joy. I witnessed self-growth, first love, transphobia, true friendships, talent unfolding, bravery, loyalty, and so much more. The raw conversations... the accurate internal struggles of identity... WOW! WHAT A BOOK!! Obviously this one is getting a triumphant 5 star rating from me. I'm a Callender FAN now! I urge all readers to pick this one up and fall in love with Felix and to fall in love with Callender's amazing writing!