CW: gender dysphoria, testosterone shots, top surgery, transphobic comments, misgendering

Felix Love has never been in love. He's convinced he is unlovable because of his trans identity and since his mother left him & his father at the age of ten. When a gallery is posted at the art summer program of his pre-transition photos and his deadname (name given at birth) for the whole school to see. Felix wants to get revenge by catfishing his school rival by creating a fake Instagram account which turns into more than he expected.

Non-traditional trans stories are SO IMPORTANT which is why this is such an important read. Felix struggles with accepting himself and continues to question his identity. His journey felt so similar to mine. As a trans man who constantly struggles with being proud of his identity, Felix's character and his journey made me feel very validated because many trans people are not proud of being trans and constantly struggle with self-esteem and self- love. Especially the scenes where he didn't want to go to the Pride March spoke to me so deeply. There have been so many times where I didn't feel like I was worthy of being there because I wasn't proud to be trans when so many people around me were proud to be them. Ugh, these stories are so important because there's a part of the trans community who aren't proud to be trans and deal with it constantly.

I really enjoyed Felix's character development and it felt very natural. I liked the slow burn romance as well.

Highly recommend this.

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