The Mirror Season

An all-too beautiful book with beautiful representation and tragic albeit important themes with sexuality, sexual assault, and more. Absolutely adored the pansexual representation and how McLemore portrays the erasure so many experience (of which I can relate to!). If there's anytime where basing a book off its cover was right, this time is it, because I can't explain how, but the tone and vibe of this novel is wonderfully encapsulated by the cover. My last read of April, and I'll say! - I am ending on a good note. Onward to May.

I GET IT, I get why everyone loves McLemore

The writing is gorgeous. Took me a very long time to get through, simply because the subject matter (sexual assault) and the style (magical realism) both require me to be in a certain mood to read and that mood is elusive. So I can't say that I loved it, but I can say that I think it is an important book that will resonate with its readers. And again, the writing is beautiful.