I received an advance review copy for free, and I am leaving this review voluntarily.

As much as I love superheroes, not many books hit the right spot for me, but this one offered an intriguing look at the genre. While it took many points that I knew from previous stories to set the mood, it still stood out with various interesting characters and concepts.
Kirin was a fantastic main character, from his uncovered past, his motivations, his kindness and powers, his voice made the story feel extremely engaging and fresh. I liked his personality, and how he interacted with other characters, especially Ifrit, was just too good. Overall, I feel like the characters were the main thing I liked about this story. There were many of them, as it is when you introduce a whole class of new people, each with a unique power and personality, but after reading for a while, I stopped being confused by who is who and instead welcomed the growing bonds between them. There is obviously more space for the growth of their little found family, with this book being the first in the trilogy, but there already was a nice feeling surrounding the class and how they worked with each other. The relationship between Kirin and Ifrit was definitely the star of it all (and I can't help but love their budding bond), but I also liked how there was enough space for others.
I have to say I struggled a bit with the pacing; sometimes, the time skips threw me out of the book. Overall, I really enjoyed the book, which I think is a solid debut, and I'm looking forward to the next one!

 

Cute and heartwarming <3

Really plot-driven, but with interesting enough characters to make up for it. I really liked how the chapters switched in points of view and narration styles.

Just like the previous books, this was a good book, nicely queer and predictable in a good way. 

Really interesting and personal read. I liked how it focused on organizing and the author's experiences.

This was such an intriguing book, really liked the second POV and the flowing timelines.

This was definitely a challenging read and I am so grateful I could pick it up. To see Lou go through his transition and life was such an important thing to me and I loved that I could watch Lou's love for himself grow and get a look into the way how the ftm gay community existed in the past. It was an emotional read, a hard one for me, but I am glad I finished this book and learned new things.

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One of the most stunning and poetic comics I had the pleasure to read. I loved the artwork so much, it was just so beautiful, and the story itself was amazing too!

This was very much a character-driven book and I have to say that I really liked that. With less plot and stakes, I feel like the story had much more time to focus on the characters and the forming relationship between them - and not just that, but also relationships with their families and friends, and their struggles as well. All of these things allowed for the characters to feel much more deep and realistic, which I always like to see in contemporary fiction.

Mira and her work with the union was a great way not only to show her growth as a person, but also to bring to light the parts of academia people don't talk about as much. Compared to how she felt approaching strangers at the beginning of the story, I just couldn't help but adore how she stood for herself and her opinions later on. She was such a heartwarming person to read about! I loved Isabel as well, with her complicated relationships and her struggles, the way she also found a way to talk about her feelings more and the expectation she put on herself after the death of Alexa.

The rep was honestly so nicely written as well, both Mira's and Isabel's. 

I might have struggled a bit with the reading but I think it was more because of my current mood as opposed to the quality of the book.

I received an ARC from the author.