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I liked this book so much I finished it in one sitting.
It was a very realistic dive into the struggles gender non-conforming people like me face in life, finding themselves, and relationships. The main characters have a lot of chemistry as well. This book has amazing representation of a spectrum of gender identities and sexualities without introducing harmful stereotypes.
HOWEVER, the book uses the term 'enbies' which many nonbinary people find infantilizing and I, as a nonbinary person, do not like at all. It also has a bit of transphobia, but internal and external. Although it did give a warning at the beginning, and wasn't done offensively, but rather realistically.

Overall, the story, romance, and representation of this book are all fantastic, but it does use some phrasing that I personally do not like. I will be buying this book if I can find it in a physical format to lend to people, but I personally found it to be a one-time read.

The ending kind of snuck up on me and didn't really feel like it wrapped anything up, it just felt like it should've been the end of a chapter. For that reason I'm really hoping for a sequel or another book about Bei Bei and Ouma

I ABSOLUTELY recommend this book if you are gender non-conforming and hoping to see yourself represented.

Just a note though, there is a scene where they mention an anti-Asian slur being used but don't spell it out. I personally thought although the scene was over quickly, there should have also been a racism warning in the front of the book.

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