This author...every time I read a book by Reese Morrison I feel like I'm gently taken apart and put back together a little more fully and with a little larger heart.
This is a beautiful story about complex characters (Reese does excel at them). Watching Mateo explore his gender was so pure and true. When he tried on lingerie for the first time I couldn't see the page through my tears. Mateo is so incredibly precious and brave, and Austin tries so hard and so sincere and sensitive to Mateo's needs. The first time he referred to himself as "daddy" my heart melted into a puddle. </spoiler)