I want to be in love. I’ve never, you know — felt the kind of passion great artists talk about. I want that. I want to feel that level of intensity. not everyone wants love. I get that, you know? but me — I want to fall in love and be broken up with and get pissed and grieve and fall in love all over again. I’ve never felt any of that. I’ve just been doing the same shit. nothing new. nothing exciting.
I just hate when the pen is too inky and now my annotation I just made looks like shit and there’s ink smudges on the paper around it. This book is gonna be destroyed.
I’m gonna reread Felix ever after and because I annotated the first time I read it I might annotate again in a different color pen but that might look stupid idk
With a name like Felix Love, you’d think romance was a big part of Felix’s life - but you’d be wrong. As a Black, queer, and transgender teen, he’s still trying to figure himself out - and finding love isn’t exactly easy. But that’s the least of his worries because this summer, he’s struggling - struggling with his visual art project at the prestigious art school he attends, with friendships beyond the safety of his best friend Ezra, and with his father, who loves him but doesn’t understand his decision to transition.
When a series of traumatizing transphobic acts against Felix occur, he decides he’s had enough. He concocts the perfect revenge plan - one that quickly backfires and brings about startling revelations about his friendships, his love life, and, most importantly, Felix himself.
Kacen Callender’s Felix Ever After is a beautiful, eye-opening story about love, friendship, and self-discovery. An Own Voices novel, check out this MCTBA nominee today!
some people say we shouldn’t need labels. that we’re trying to box ourselves in too much. but i don’t know. it feels good to me, to know i’m not alone. that someone else has felt the same way i’ve felt, experienced the same things i’ve experienced. it’s validating.
