Reviews tagging 'Sexual content'

Felix Ever After by Kacen Callender

52 reviews

rayne_1906's review against another edition

emotional inspiring fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

2 hours 42 minutes - I bought this book in 2021, when I first started properly realising I wasn't cis. It seemed symbolic of something, buying this book, so I decided I wouldn't read it until I had fully accepted my identity. Recently, I got to the point that I wasn't going to fully figure myself out any time soon, and that was okay, so I picked up this book. I wasn't expecting it, but this book was perfect for that. Felix doesn't have it all sorted out either, and that becomes part of his storyline.
I loved the characters in this book - all of them felt so real and three dimensional and loveable. The two love interests had so much chemistry with Felix, so much so I was physically reacting to it, smiling or having to put the book down for a moment. And the whole story just filled me with so much emotion. By the end of the book I was full on sobbing, and I don't think a book has ever made me do that before. This book is just so so good that I can hardly put it into words. I know that it will mean a lot to me for years into the future. 

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Outing and Transphobia

Moderate: Homophobia and Abandonment

Minor: Cursing, Drug use, Dysphoria, Alcohol, Bullying, and Sexual content

theuncannydani's review against another edition

challenging hopeful slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

2.0

Very underwhelmed and I don't want to read about teenagers anymore.

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Dysphoria, Outing, Hate crime, and Transphobia

Moderate: Alcohol, Biphobia, Cursing, Drug use, Stalking, Misogyny, Deadnaming, Toxic relationship, Sexism, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Abandonment, Religious bigotry, Sexual content, Homophobia, Racism, and Domestic abuse

gilnean's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Deadnaming, Miscarriage, Outing, Abandonment, Toxic friendship, Religious bigotry, Hate crime, Drug use, Alcohol, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Cursing, Bullying, Emotional abuse, Dysphoria, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Stalking, Child abuse, Classism, Homophobia, and Racism

Minor: Sexual content, Misogyny, and Infidelity

mobymaize's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

At first, I did not enjoy Felix Ever After. But as I read, I slowly became more attached to the characters, more interested in the plot and the mystery, more excited by the set pieces and the characters. By the end of the book, I was crying. God, I really enjoyed this book. Also, I really like the descriptions of the city, not just the physical descriptions of the city, but the people who live in NYC and how they interact with the city and how it makes a bunch of streets and businesses and crazy people a city.

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Alcohol, Bullying, Classism, Cursing, Deadnaming, Drug use, Dysphoria, Hate crime, Homophobia, Sexual content, Transphobia, Mental illness, Outing, Panic attacks/disorders, Misogyny, Sexism, and Violence

Moderate: Death and Grief

Minor: Police brutality

sharontriestoread's review against another edition

challenging emotional inspiring mysterious reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Cursing, Transphobia, Dysphoria, and Outing

Moderate: Abandonment, Deadnaming, and Drug use

Minor: Emotional abuse, Lesbophobia, Sexual content, Alcohol, Homophobia, Racism, and Toxic relationship

meredithamadee's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

3.75

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Deadnaming, and Transphobia

Moderate: Sexual content

its_cas_lol's review against another edition

emotional hopeful fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.75

this book was very good, and seeing a trans protagonist fall in love was just amazing for me

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Transphobia and Outing

Minor: Sexual content

lucy_shanners's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Transphobia, Outing, and Abandonment

Moderate: Drug use, Religious bigotry, Alcohol, Deadnaming, and Homophobia

Minor: Classism, Sexual content, and Racism

thewordsdevourer's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

3.25

a story abt love, identity, friendship that's insightful, important and refreshingly queer. i wish i liked it more, but the writing and some parts of the story just didnt click w/ me.

there were abt a thousand 'i guess'-es in this book; it was annoying as hell and actually put me on edge lol.. and the teen characters all had the same voice, they didnt sound very distinct from one another. i also didnt feel like the declan-lucky subplot have a lot of plausibility; for someone supposedly very on guard, he was surprisingly--almost unrealistically--trusting of a random stranger on ig.

those were my two qualms, but felix ever after also had a plethora of positives: great depiction of the messiness of ppl's feelings and relationships; insightful and layered exploration of the issues around and w/in the lgbtqiap+ community esp in regards to the intersectionality of class, race, and gender, reinforcing that they're not a monolith; ezraaaa who's hands down my fav character--he was just so supportive and sweet but also complex; and ofc, prolly the best rep for a trans character ive ever read. felix's struggles were surprisingly relatable, and his questioning and inner thoughts were so insightful and revealing; i learned a lottt abt ftm trans folks from this book.

felix ever after might not have totally clicked w/ me, but it's a surpremely important book--esp an #ownvoices one--that i cant wait to reread for all the hints and clues.

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Outing, Transphobia, Toxic friendship, and Abandonment

Moderate: Toxic relationship and Gaslighting

Minor: Panic attacks/disorders and Sexual content

diana_raquel's review against another edition

emotional inspiring medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

*4.5 stars*

"It's easier to accept hurt and pain, sometimes, than love and acceptance."

Look at me! I'm late for the party! Again! Honestly, because of the hype that this book got when it let's try". Turns out I really liked this book. It has really good character development (especially when it comes to issues of identity). True, sometimes, Felix came across as a little whiny to me (look, I understand that a lot that happened in the book was horrible, and for the most part I was on team "Felix", but there were instances when I was rolling my eyes because I don't have patience for "teen/ schoolyard bullshit"), but I still was rooting for him and I really liked his development as a character because that development felt realistic and measured, not rushed.

Another thing that I really appreciated was the pacing. Things were not rushed and everything fell into place at the right time, giving time to the characters to digest everything good and bad that happened. It also gave time to the readers to get to know the major characters. Also, I couldn't figure out who was the one to outed Felix, and that's a thing that I liked about books that involved mysteries because it gets me engaged in the book.

I think that the only thing a little more negative that I have to say is that I don't agree with the end. Look, this has nothing to do with the book itself because the end actually makes a lot of sense

Spoiler

(but, I'm a sucker for the "enemies to lovers" trope and, because of that, I would prefer that Felix ended up with Declan instead of Ezra)

, it just that the trope used its not my kind of trope. It's more of a "me thing" than a "book thing".

Overall, I really recommend this book. It's a solid story about discovering your identity, perfect for every lover of "YA" literature.

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Dysphoria, Gaslighting, Homophobia, Religious bigotry, Bullying, Deadnaming, Outing, Racism, Sexism, Misogyny, and Transphobia

Moderate: Abandonment, Drug use, Alcohol, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Sexual content