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A beautifully messy and oh so relatable YA queer coming of age story about Cassie, a high school senior at a private Catholic school who is determined to make up for past mistakes with an old friend and subversively works to support different queer friendly initiatives for her classmates. She befriends members of the public school's Gender and Sexuality Alliance and along the way discovers she may not be as straight as she's so desperately been trying to insist.

I thought the author did such a great job showing how complicated it can be for some teens to reconcile their gender and sexual identity with their religious beliefs. Cassie also finds an ally in her school's librarian who brings in LGBTQIA+ books. Great on audio with excellent anxiety rep, this is a new favorite for me by Canadian author Tanya Boteju. Many thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for an early digital and audio copy in exchange for my honest review!

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