Felix Ever After by Kacen Callender
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

***SPOILER ALERT***

I’m writing this review because right now I’m still in withdrawal symptom after reading this and not ready to move on to other books. Yup, that’s the after effect of reading this Felix Ever After.

The way Kacen Callender write this beautiful story is so light and heartwarming that it lets me get drown in it. But behind that light and heartwarming there are so much ups and downs, much way deeper messages and some great learning about how to be an ally in LGBTQ+ community and, in this case, Transgender teens. I enjoy all the drama that is told here while also learn a lot on how to be a better human.

The story is really a rollercoaster. I gasped, shrieked, laughed, and yelped reading the stories. Sometimes I really feel annoyed how Felix thought about his friends, but then again, it’s actually what other teenagers would do when they still confused and, especially, questioning their identity. Ended up, I’m so attached with the story and interested in the characters here.

Somehow, I fell for Declan and Ezra. They’re just some lonely teenagers who are longing for love and affection. I love Leah as well. She’s such an angel! She fought with Marisol, her close friends, when she knew what Marisol said to Felix and she turned Austin, her cousins, to the dean when Felix and her found out about what he did at the gallery. She’s still 17, but she knows definitely how to behave in this world. I also cringed with some characters with their homophobic and transphobic attitude.

I just felt the ending is a bit rush suddenly. The way Felix finally decided that he’s a demiboy, that he’s willing to try with Declan, that he’s going to focus on himself and his art, or even when he’s decided that he’s actually in love with Ezra, it was only happened within 3-4 chapters out of total 25 chapters. Still acceptable, actually. Maybe I just didn’t want it to end too quickly as I’m being too engaged with it 😀

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