PRIDE WRAP UP | 2020

it was because it was so happy and such a perfect conclusion for this uplifting story about non-toxic masculinity and friendship and growing older and graduating college and perfect. it's perfect, oh my god.

i think the biggest thing is that every single story in this collection has value, i liked every story in the collection. i got the point of every story in the collection, despite the fact that some of them are quite short.

Kacen has written an absolutely brilliant book and everyone on BookTube has been talking about this. please, please read it.

so i loved the aro ace stuff, it was very good. and i loved the stuff about Artemis and her mom and some of the other goddesses that artemis learns from. but it was uneven as a poetry collection so i wound up giving this 3.5 out of 5 stars.

there are so many gorgeous, gorgeous bits of poetry in this collection. i think i highlighted something on just about every single page.

so i was interested in Terry's life and what she went through, but i think that the writing style was weak overall. ultimately. i gave this 3 out of 5 stars.

i would say that this is definitely a romance book to read if you're looking for sweet content, it's adorable.

But this explored so much more deeply the idea of invasion and privacy and i was really fascinated by that. And i loved the world building of our world and this fantasy world and how they interact and *why* they interact.

But the romance was sweet, this was a sweeping fantas,y it was something that i like would love to read to a child. i would love for this to be a children's story book that i could read.

But it is the *slowest* burn, it takes *forever* to get anywhere in this book and i respect that many people are not going to like this because of it. but i did love the relationship enough and loved the setting enough that i wound up giving this 3.5 out of 5 stars.

i was just so drawn in by this and it definitely made me cry and it definitely made me laugh. it's just emotional and beautiful and I really, really loved it.

this is just one big giant apology squad for how straight people can be evil and torture queer people and then ultimately be forgiven and it's bullshit and i'm mad about it.

and i value this book so much because it made me so emotional about every battle. it gave me such an emotional center to focus on every time there was a huge conflict.

this is a super inclusive and lovely little fantasy story, the only thing that i wanted of it was more. it's only 25 pages long and i would have loved to read more.

but i did love what i read and i loved all of the Duplex poems, they were such interesting parts of this collection. this has won many awards, it's a genuinely beautiful poetry collection

i loved the art style of this, i thought it was beautiful. i loved the way that the dresses looked. it's really a sweet story.

i loved this. i loved every part of it. i gave it 4.5 out of 5 stars.

I read their poetry collection Soft in the Middle a couple of months ago and i really loved it.