Felix Ever After

by Kacen Callender

Paper Book, 2020

Barcode

560

Collection

Publication

Balzer & Bray/Harperteen (2020), 368 pages

Description

Romance. Young Adult Fiction. LGBTQIA+ (Fiction.) HTML: A Stonewall Honor Book * A Time Magazine Best YA Book of All Time From Stonewall and Lambda Award�??winning author Kacen Callender comes a revelatory YA novel about a transgender teen grappling with identity and self-discovery while falling in love for the first time. Felix Love has never been in love�??and, yes, he's painfully aware of the irony. He desperately wants to know what it's like and why it seems so easy for everyone but him to find someone. What's worse is that, even though he is proud of his identity, Felix also secretly fears that he's one marginalization too many�??Black, queer, and transgender�??to ever get his own happily-ever-after. When an anonymous student begins sending him transphobic messages�??after publicly posting Felix's deadname alongside images of him before he transitioned�??Felix comes up with a plan for revenge. What he didn't count on: his catfish scenario landing him in a quasi�??love triangle.... But as he navigates his complicated feelings, Felix begins a journey of questioning and self-discovery that helps redefine his most important relationship: how he feels about himself. Felix Ever After is an honest and layered story about identity, falling in love, and recognizing the love you deserve. "Felix is attending an ultracompetitive arts summer program to have a better shot at a full scholarship to Brown when someone posts Felix's dead name beside photos of him, pre-transition, in the school's lobby. Felix's plot to get revenge throws him onto the path of love and self-discovery." (Publishers Weekly, "An Anti-Racist Children's and YA Reading… (more)

User reviews

LibraryThing member AmphipodGirl
This is a work of art. Felix is a trans teen of color struggling with questions of identity, love, and belonging. I was riveted and had to stay up late to finish it.
LibraryThing member rgruberexcel
RGG: Lots of teenage angst set in the context of LGBT+ youth questioning their identities and discovering themselves during a summer art school program.
LibraryThing member Rekki
It took me a few chapters to get into this book but I'm glad I kept going. This was a wonderful, realistic, and emotional read. Felix deals with all sorts of things that force him to change perspective, to think and grow and change. He explores himself, slowing gathering the courage to truly
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express who he is unabashedly. Plot wise I was pleased with how everything tied together. Highly reccommend.
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LibraryThing member BarnesBookshelf
I've been wanting to read this book ever since it came out. Maybe that hyped it up too much. It was good, but there were times when Felix's actions were so immature and ridiculous that it made me want to put the book down. I think it is a valuable book for queer teenagers and I'm happy I finally
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got the chance to read it.
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LibraryThing member caedocyon
Really solid for a YA book, especially ones about q/t identity which can easily be more After School Special. Sweet, loved all the characters. Teens are a lot sometimes, and that comes through.

ISBN

0062820257 / 9780062820259
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