There is never any indication that their family is bad or wrong, but the book still had those elements of kids having to deal with other children bullying them for having a family that is not like their own. And more than that, I thought the way that the book dealt with the impact of having two moms was well done. The moms were fabulous and I'm thrilled to see more and more same sex parents in YA and middle grade. I also loved, loved, loved that this was a family with two moms. There are these little jumps in logic that he makes that felt so authentic in terms of the understanding that kids have and how illogical their assumptions can sometimes be. I appreciated his anger but also his way of processing things the way that kids do. Liv as a character grew and grew on me, and his personality shone through in a lot of really fabulous ways. While initially I had issues with the voice of this novel - the writing wasn't my favorite, sometimes sounding a bit too young or a bit disjointed - I think by the end it really came into its own. Note: I am cis so I cannot comment on how authentic the representation was.
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