Reviews and Comments

Brilliant writing and pacing, lovely ending, gut-wrenchingly difficult to get there though, given the vivid depictions of some really difficult traumas. Content warning for family violence, drug abuse, and bodily harm/death

Honestly having it as a reference is pretty ok. It's nice to have what essentially amounts to a lit review for various topics handy. I couldn't stand her commentary and opinion on every topic.

Great pacing, worldbuilding, and character development. Highly recommend. :)

Lovely quick YA read. There were parts in the ending that felt a little too storybook ending for me but it fits the genre. It's a refreshing take on magic and domesticity too :)

I struggled with the middle chapters in this book. It's almost as if the author (and she admits as much in some places) is still struggling with her own internalized -isms and using the book to work through them. Some choices in language and examples reveal unexamined biases, and put me off from the reading, and there are too many names/examples throughout the book for me to keep track of. The end chapters of the book redeem themselves though, talking much more openly and expressively about challenging relationship norms, showing ways in which others have done that challenging, and ending on really uplifting examples and language for both those coming to terms with their own ace identity or exploring and learning about the community.