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This Feast of a Life by Cynthia So
5.0
A beautiful YA fiction book by the amazing Cynthia So.
This Feast of a Life
By Cynthia So
5/5⭐️
After the death of her mother, Valerie feels lost.
Finding their new name, Auden decides to try it out through a food blog.
Through this blog, they meet and a complicated but beautiful bond is formed.
Both protagonists had to learn a lot about themselves; Valerie facing her struggle with emotional connection being linked to a fear of further loss, Auden learning how to find their own future, rather than following familial expectations and tradition.
The romance between the two faces some conflict as Valerie originally wanted simply a physical romance, while Auden (later discovering their demisexuality) wanted to focus on a mental and emotional bond.
This book takes place over a year, which makes the relationship development more realistic than most books. I really loved both protagonists, related to Auden quite a lot about being nonbinary,
Overall, I really loved this book. A second 5⭐️ read from Cynthia So, hopefully many more will follow.
Queer rep:
Bi protagonist
Demisexual Bi Nonbinary protagonist
Bi side character
Aroace nonbinary sc
Trans lesbian sc
Gay sc
TWs: grief, deadnaming, transphobia
This Feast of a Life
By Cynthia So
5/5⭐️
After the death of her mother, Valerie feels lost.
Finding their new name, Auden decides to try it out through a food blog.
Through this blog, they meet and a complicated but beautiful bond is formed.
Both protagonists had to learn a lot about themselves; Valerie facing her struggle with emotional connection being linked to a fear of further loss, Auden learning how to find their own future, rather than following familial expectations and tradition.
The romance between the two faces some conflict as Valerie originally wanted simply a physical romance, while Auden (later discovering their demisexuality) wanted to focus on a mental and emotional bond.
This book takes place over a year, which makes the relationship development more realistic than most books. I really loved both protagonists, related to Auden quite a lot about being nonbinary,
Overall, I really loved this book. A second 5⭐️ read from Cynthia So, hopefully many more will follow.
Queer rep:
Bi protagonist
Demisexual Bi Nonbinary protagonist
Bi side character
Aroace nonbinary sc
Trans lesbian sc
Gay sc
TWs: grief, deadnaming, transphobia