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Keya Das's Second Act by Sopan Deb
5.0

In all honesty, I was not expecting to love this book as much as I did. The characters and their lives are complex and beautiful. Deb kept me on the edge of my seat the entire time! Coming out is hard enough, especially when there's the added immigrant/Asian American pressure. As an Asian American myself, I felt Keya's fears and heartbreak. I saw myself in this story. Her family's regrets are complicated and I found myself conflicted on how to feel about them at the end. They killed who Keya was and there were consequences to that, but their new love and support for her, while too late, is hard to dismiss. What a unique way to rekindle Keya and Pamela's love. I love this book and highly recommend it.