A review by mappyboi431
Home Field Advantage by Dahlia Adler

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

2.5

This is a pretty good queer romance but
the trivialization of small town homophobia really bothered me. it was painted as if Jack, Amber, and Miguel we’re all going to be ostracized if not victims of hate crimes because of the rampant homophobia, otherwise why didn’t Miguel come out sooner? But as soon as they get their magical partner, it’s suddenly not dangerous and they can face any challenge. This narrative puts a lot of weight on coming out, without acknowledging that there can be real danger in coming out in these situations. Cara getting over her homophobia so suddenly without any conversations with Amber was so unrealistic to me. Also Amber’s comment about liking trans men but not cis men really icked me out as a trans person, as trans men and cis men are both still men, and if you’re only attracted to trans men, it screams i don’t see trans men as men to me. Honestly the book truly would have gotten a lot higher rating from me if it either didn’t try to address homophobia or took it more seriously
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