Felix Ever After

A Stonewall Honor Book * A Time Magazine Best YA Book of All Time

From Stonewall and Lambda Award-winning author Kacen Callender comes a revelatory YA novel about a transgender teen grappling with identity and self-discovery while falling in love for the first time.

Felix Love has never been in love--and, yes, he's painfully aware of the irony. He desperately wants to know what it's like and why it seems so easy for everyone but him to find someone. What's worse is that, even though he is proud of his identity, Felix also secretly fears that he's one marginalization too many--Black, queer, and transgender--to ever get his own happily-ever-after.

When an anonymous student begins sending him transphobic messages--after publicly posting Felix's deadname alongside images of him before he transitioned--Felix comes up with a plan for revenge. What he didn't count on: his catfish scenario landing him in a quasi-love triangle....

But as he navigates his complicated feelings, Felix begins a journey of questioning and self-discovery that helps redefine his most important relationship: how he feels about himself.

Felix Ever After is an honest and layered story about identity, falling in love, and recognizing the love you deserve.

"Felix is attending an ultracompetitive arts summer program to have a better shot at a full scholarship to Brown when someone posts Felix's dead name beside photos of him, pre-transition, in the school's lobby. Felix's plot to get revenge throws him onto the path of love and self-discovery." (Publishers Weekly, "An Anti-Racist Children's and YA Reading List")

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368 pages

Average rating: 8.03

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blewballoon
Nov 21, 2024
8/10 stars
I think this book was a little too young for me, but still a good story covering important subjects.
Mrs. Awake Taco
Nov 13, 2024
8/10 stars
To finish out Pride month! This book is excellent because it fosters the kinds of conversations we need to have in order to better understand and be kind to each other and also validates the feelings and emotions of many different facets of the LGBTQIA+ community. Felix, as a trans man, questions his identity and chooses to be brave enough to reach out to others and explore who he is. This book also talks a lot about love and friendships and those are important for anyone at any age but especially for teenagers.
LMahoney
Jan 26, 2024
10/10 stars
LOVED this book! I laughed, cried, and devoured this read.
yenjii
Jan 25, 2024
10/10 stars
I don't often write reviews, but I don't want to forget what Callender has given us with Felix's story.

This book is so important for the trans and LGBTQIA+ community, shedding light on the issues that trans folk face, even from their own LGBTQI+ communities. I'm incredibly grateful for this, even though it pained me to read.

There were times at the beginning that Felix's character erred on the side of questionable, and that I found it hard to relate to him. But overall, this book filled me with a lot of joy, and heartache and happiness - it's a very modern piece of writing that young people will easily connect with, and carries with it very important messages and conversations.

The authors notes are especially poignant after reading the novel, and I'm sure that many readers will feel what Callender felt in their mid twenties with Adam.

To all LGBTQIA+ peeps and especially trans and enby folk YOURE DOING AMAZING
Kmr_quietstorm
Oct 19, 2023
8/10 stars
A delightful read. I deeply appreciated the relationship between Felix and his dad.

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