A review by itmeanslittlelamb
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid

5.0

I wasn’t fully intrigued by this book at first, mostly because I prefer fantasy romances over contemporary, but a friend of mine wanted me to read and so I did and realized how hooked I was halfway through. Being a bisexual woman married to a man and feeling this complicated spectrum of love and never knowing where I fit made me feel so much more connected to Evelyn. She said it right, it was either Celia or not Celia. It didn’t matter outside of that. She found her PERSON. And that’s how I’ve always been able to describe my marriage. That even though I find both men and women attractive, none of it matters as much as loving my PERSON. I’ve never felt represented like this before. I’ve been able to live most of my life thus far hiding under the veil of “looking like a normal heterosexual woman” and thinking I was okay with that representing me. But that’s so untrue. Love and attraction can’t be put into boxes and labeled as such. It’s this wonderful spectrum of lights and colors and connections. Why wouldn’t I want to be proud of being a part of something like that? I remember finally coming out to my friends and family and all of them being like “damn, finally you caught up!” And feeling so ashamed for not giving myself the same love and acceptance that my loved ones gave me. I hope this book reaches more people like me. I hope other bisexual people out there know it’s okay to not fit into to just one box. That it’s okay to be different than what you look like at the surface. And it’s okay to let the differences shine through.