galiotooo 's review for:

Kings, Queens, and In-Betweens by Tanya Boteju

3.0

challenging emotional funny hopeful reflective sad 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

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This took me a minute to get into and I found myself wanting to quit a few times because this boom felt very high school. I pushed because this has been on my TBR for a very long time, overall I’m glad I did read it! It turned out to be a very cute story about a girl discovering the layers of queer culture and drag performance. Although I could not get over the 2/3 of the kisses in this book taking place with someone 20+ years old with a 17 year old. That just continuously felt icky to me. I do also feel there’s a lot of loose ends I wish were tied up, I don’t know if it was intentional and there is a squeal,  I wish a few more things with mom or friends were better closed. But I do wanna be friends with Deedee for sure