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4.27 AVERAGE
4.27 AVERAGE
fast-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
What an excellent, cozy read! Gentle, magical, and brimming with gender euphoria and hope. This is the soft queer fantasy story I've been longing for.
emotional
lighthearted
mysterious
fast-paced
adventurous
emotional
inspiring
mysterious
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Such a beautifully gentle book filled with the love and kindness of friends. It was so nice to read and had such magic in it! I got my copy from Alphabet Book Club in New Zealand and read it with their accompanying gifts that you open on certain pages. It truly brought the magic in this book to life!
Stupendous. Fantastic. Heart filling magical book. Friendships and finding yourself and magic
This book is SO WHOLESOME!!! Three friends, so alike and so different, joining together to help each other find their true selves. I LOVE IT! It's also so refreshing to read a YA story following trans and non-binary characters that isn't about tragedy or persecution. Each of them has a loving supportive family and they are all proud of who they are and I love it so much.
*SPOILER: I WILL SAY THE BOY'S NAME*
I absolutely adored this book! It was so comfy and it was a nice, cozy read. The characters were all enjoyable and I liked the story. The story was simple, yet entertaining enough to keep you reading. The book to me felt like a book that you would read with a cup of hot chocolate, a blanket on you, and rain outside. The main teens (Babs, Iris, and Hasim) were relatable to me as a person who is nonbinary and I felt like I made a deeper connection with them.
Babs is fire, like made of it, and she can also turn invisible. She feels that this is a curse, because she was cursed by a witch, but also because she can't seem to make any friends until she meets Iris. Iris is able to see her and they are able to consistently see her as well. Iris was born from a seed, like in the ground, and can do magic like Babs. They have their hair cut by Babs and I loved that scene. It felt like when I had my own head shaved and I felt like the person I am. They were who I could relate to the most and I loved seeing that in this book. Hasim, the boy, was new and he didn't know his name. So throughout the book Babs and Iris called him 'The Boy', which he liked from them but not other people. He was brought into the magical world and he was able to just accept it like that.
I thought all the parents of the teens were nice, even though we don't see much of Hasim's dad but he was still good. We also got a chapter on how Iri's moms, Clover and Moss, met and I loved that. We got to see a little insight to their relationship and how Iris came to be as well. I thought they all added to the story well and they didn't overwhelm or take the spotlight away from the teens.
The writing in this book is easier to read, but I think this book is for a slightly younger audience. This book can help young, but even older, individuals who may feel different for who they see themselves as. Let it be sexuality or gender identity. This book was comfy in the way that Iris was misgendered and the lady who did it, without malice I will add, took the time to learn and apologized. Iris even felt that it is upsetting getting misgendered, but it is exhausting getting upset about it every time. I felt this on a personal level because it is very upsetting getting misgendered, but you can't expect every new person you meet to automatically know how you identify. As long as those close to you know, love, and accept you perhaps that can be enough. Assuming one's gender is common and why should we let ourselves be tired and upset each time it happens; we know who we are and how we identify, so we shouldn't let people's assumptions ruin our days.
Final verdict, I love this book and I will be reading it again when I need a nice, cozy book that I can finish in one sitting.
I absolutely adored this book! It was so comfy and it was a nice, cozy read. The characters were all enjoyable and I liked the story. The story was simple, yet entertaining enough to keep you reading. The book to me felt like a book that you would read with a cup of hot chocolate, a blanket on you, and rain outside. The main teens (Babs, Iris, and Hasim) were relatable to me as a person who is nonbinary and I felt like I made a deeper connection with them.
Babs is fire, like made of it, and she can also turn invisible. She feels that this is a curse, because she was cursed by a witch, but also because she can't seem to make any friends until she meets Iris. Iris is able to see her and they are able to consistently see her as well. Iris was born from a seed, like in the ground, and can do magic like Babs. They have their hair cut by Babs and I loved that scene. It felt like when I had my own head shaved and I felt like the person I am. They were who I could relate to the most and I loved seeing that in this book. Hasim, the boy, was new and he didn't know his name. So throughout the book Babs and Iris called him 'The Boy', which he liked from them but not other people. He was brought into the magical world and he was able to just accept it like that.
I thought all the parents of the teens were nice, even though we don't see much of Hasim's dad but he was still good. We also got a chapter on how Iri's moms, Clover and Moss, met and I loved that. We got to see a little insight to their relationship and how Iris came to be as well. I thought they all added to the story well and they didn't overwhelm or take the spotlight away from the teens.
The writing in this book is easier to read, but I think this book is for a slightly younger audience. This book can help young, but even older, individuals who may feel different for who they see themselves as. Let it be sexuality or gender identity. This book was comfy in the way that Iris was misgendered and the lady who did it, without malice I will add, took the time to learn and apologized. Iris even felt that it is upsetting getting misgendered, but it is exhausting getting upset about it every time. I felt this on a personal level because it is very upsetting getting misgendered, but you can't expect every new person you meet to automatically know how you identify. As long as those close to you know, love, and accept you perhaps that can be enough. Assuming one's gender is common and why should we let ourselves be tired and upset each time it happens; we know who we are and how we identify, so we shouldn't let people's assumptions ruin our days.
Final verdict, I love this book and I will be reading it again when I need a nice, cozy book that I can finish in one sitting.
dark
hopeful
inspiring
lighthearted
mysterious
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No