I Wish You All the Best

This was the first book I've ever read with a non-binary main character (there's a very minor non-binary character in Maureen Johnson's Truly Devious series as well, and I think that's the only other time I've read about one in fiction). I'm forty years old, and I am SO happy for all the young non-binary and gender-queer people that they have a book like this right now! What a time to be alive. I'm also happy that straight, cis teens (and older people like me) can read this stuff so we can learn to empathise with and understand people who don't fit the gender norms we've had instilled in us since birth. I still have an absolute ton of questions about being non-binary, so I'm definitely keen to read some more books about it!

All that aside, this book is absolutely lovely, too. WIN. Not only is it an important story, it's a really good one, too. We got to know Ben, the MC, pretty slowly, and at first I was worried that they didn't have much personality, but as time goes by they come out of their shell, and I just fell in love with them - though not as much as Nathan, the love interest. swoon Damn, there are some great book-boyfriends (and girlfriends) out there in YA at the moment.

I loved this book because even though I'm a straight cis girl, and the bulk of my romance-reading has been ‘straight girl loves straight boy', it completely doesn't MATTER who falls in love with who, as long as I still feel the butterflies, and can't put the book down till they get together! Bravo Mason Deaver for creating a book that promotes empathy, understanding, and love being love in all forms.