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 List"")
Emmi
27/02/2024
Kirja on sinänsä hyvin kirjoitettu, että teinin maailmankuva ja draamojen maata järisyttävän suuret mittasuhteet välittyvät hyvin. Minulle se oli kuitenkin turhan, noh, teiniä rakkaudentunnustuksineen ja tekstaririitoineen, enkä oikein jaksanut samaistua. Aiheen tärkeyden ja transnuoren tarinan esiin nostamisen johdosta kuitenkin kolme tähteä - ilman tätä aspektia kerronta olisi ollut hyvin mitäänsanomatonta enkä varmasti olisi saanut teosta kuunneltua loppuun.
Anonymous
22/11/2023
I relate to Felix so much, I've known I was trans for such a long time, but this book helped me explain my experience better. I cried, I laughed, and I fell in love with this book.
N
16/12/2020
4.5
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