I rarely become emotional while reading novels anymore, but I had happy tears at the end of this heartfelt, beautiful story.

We need more tales like this, to make up for the classic tropes of gender and appearance.

This is a great read in general, and it might be helpful as a way to help understand why someone would want to wear non-gender-conforming clothes. It would be a GREAT book for someone who likes (or might like) to wear feminine clothes but is concerned that they will not be supported. The protagonists are teens, and I can imagine low-key dropping this as a gift to a kid who is exploring the idea of wearing non-gender-conforming clothing or who is already doing so. Again, we need to see ourselves in our culture, in our media, in our books.