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Assdfgghjkll THIS BOOK IS THE DEFINITION OF A WARM HUG.
This was adorable! The sweetest people falling for each other. 
So domestic. UGH.
The kindness. The consideration. The attention. The LOVE.
I will not get over how everything was perfect. How there was so little angst (only just some scares around some homophobic teammates but even that was brilliantly addressed and turned around).
THESE MEN.
Ugh.

This is the way I review books now. With phrases that make no sense. Because my heart is just overwhelmed.

Just a couple of things I picked up on I need to write down because I don't want to forget them:
- Alex telling Hawk, Eli's service dog, how glad he is that she's there because she takes such good care of Eli.
- Eli asking if they can take it slow and not get into sex right now. Alex being fine with it. Not talking about sex for the test of the book. Them still falling in love and never questioning the fact they haven't had sex.
- Domesticity.
- No jealousy towards friends.
- Not always saying or doing the right thing first, but making it right straight away, learning, and making up for it in the absolute best way.

 I'm not really sure how I feel about this one. Maybe I can say this: objectively I'd say it's very good, and subjectively I never should have read it, it's not for me.

I picked it up because many mutuals seemed to have loved it. And I can see why! It's fast paced, very hot, a page-turner, not many bad things to say about it at all...
Except the fact that I just felt a little weird about the relationship. The quite large age gap, one of them being 21 and the other's daughter's best friend!! That just doesn't quite fit right with me and although everyone was consenting and the daughter/best friend seemed fine with it eventually, I still just couldn't help but feel like this was full of issues that were almost never raised...
Also, this book is like 90% sex or thinking about sex or sexting. I don't mind sex in books at all but it felt like there really was almost only that. They fell in love with their sex. Or maybe more but we almost only really got to experience their very detailed very hot and spicy sex life.
So yay if that's what you like, you'll very much enjoy this book.
It's just not really what I like to read most. 

This was a really well crafted story, eerie and dark, whilst also being soft and romantic.

This was a fun, exciting graphic novel set in a queernormative future where scientific experiments bring kids together... But with a cost.
I loved this story. The art was great. The characters were all nice and developed in their own way (although sometimes history/backstories/family info? could have made them even more fleshed out).
I can only recommend it to everyone!

A solid YA about a girl who tries to craft the perfect wedding for her mother, while dealing with a lot of pressure (from herself), a distant best friend and lots of questions regarding dating while being ace.

Some might put Felicity into the "annoying character" box as she's an over-worker, anxious perfectionist who can get wild and forget about other people's feelings at times. But this is about her learning to let go and enjoy the ride, and create things that her friends and family will love, without it having to be "traditionally perfect", and I really appreciated that.

What I loved most was Felicity's struggles with wanting to date Nancy while being very insecure about the fact she is ace. She worries about what that means when Nancy seems to like physical affection in a way Felicity might never be able to give. The whole "why am I like this?" speech us aces always seem to have to go through.
On one hand, I loved reading so much about it, I saw so much of myself in Felicity as an anxious biromantic asexual girl who hasn't ever really dated before. 
Then again, I would have appreciated it even more if we got to see Felicity and Nancy talk TOGETHER about sexuality, boundries, and how they could make it work as a couple.

Yeah, the main plot points were predictable and might I even say quite simple. 
But it doesn't really matter so much for me as this type of character and character development means a lot. 
Felicity and her close friends and parents were very lovable (while being flawed!), they all grew and learned, and came together to form a big found family.

Yesssss!
Latinx transmasculine non binary pirate with ability to manipulate fire and ice tries to not make their father's mistake and make deals with El Diablo.
But some circonstances call for desperate measures...

I really enjoyed this book. A fun yet emotional ride. With interesting characters looking for their family and finding a new one.
It was so great to see Latinx pirates, especially since pirates are so often in the Caribbean and yet so rarely presented as Latine.

If I were to be a little critic, I'd say the slow-burn romance and the found family elements, two of my favourite tropes ever, could have been a little more present. They're there, but just slightly. And it could have been amped a bit. It would have made it even more emotional and tugged at all of my heartstrings.

This book is about a chain-smoking, heavily tattooed queer nun, Sister Holiday, who tries to understand who set the school she teaches at on fire... Especially as more and more fires are appearing, and someone seems to be framing Sister Holiday... We also get to learn about who she was before becoming a nun, living a very queer and ver punk life.

Although some elements of this story are quite difficult to read about (please check trigger warnings), I did want to keep reading more about Sister Holiday and what was going on.

I'll admit I felt like I could have cared a bit more... There was a little something that felt distant, like i couldn't quite connect.
I'm not a huge fan of going back into the past to find out more about how people got to be who they are today. I'm always wanting to just get back to the present story, which is a shame because I actually feel like the backstory here, is actually much more interesting than the present one ... 

Things I really appreciated: 
- a bi autistic MC learning and growing
- an aroace MC learning to deal with grief and anger issues
- both of them, with others, coming together and becoming great friends
- girls and young kids into STEM and robotics !!
- queer parents !!!

Despite this, I didn't really fully get into this story. I didn't feel much urgency for anything, didn't come to care as much as i wanted to. I didn't dislike the characters, far from it, but i don't think I'll remember much of this tomorrow.

I still hope younger readers will read and find themselves in books like this one.

This was a great story about Cass, a fat lesbian addicted to online roleplaying, dealing with family issues and realising she really likes her online BFF even though she's just started dating her dream girl...
As all of those parts of her life clash and secrets pile up, Cass needs to figure out how to face her true feelings, while getting through the end of high school.

What I loved most in this story was the friendships, the online ones but also the ones away from keyboard. Cass is surrounded by people who make her feel loved and understood despite her making mistakes at times. 
Her relationship with her parents was also very touching, especially as I could see a huge part of myself in the way Cass views and whats nothing to do with a parent who has hurt her. Seeing her grow closer to her father felt also really nice. 

All in all, <b>it felt like it was the perfect balance of a realistic character who makes mistakes but handles them brillliantly by being honest (by the end), talking it through, apologising, and making things right.</b> At times it even felt impossible how "grown up" Cass felt (like telling her dad to ground her because she did one things wrong). 

It's one of those books I think I'll keep recommending for a while...

Bon, c'est toujours bien de voir des livres et des romans graphiques adaptés aux jeunes pour découvrir des maladies comme celle des enfants de la lune, et pour mettre en avant des associations qui les aident.
Mais à part ça, le scénario n'est vraiment pas top, les personnages n'ont aucune profondeur et leur évolution fait rouler les yeux ...