Coming out stories always has something new to bring. The experience might be comparable but there’s nuances. Books that center around coming out isn’t the same from one another, and that’s because universal experience for an entire marginalization doesn’t exist. Like its title Another Word for Happy balances the exhilarating realism of coming out, and the fun. It's a story that sings with hope and joy and possibilities and flawed people managing to do better and forgive each other. It's super positive there isn't a romance HEA but there is very much a sense that he'll get one sooner or later (I would love that book please and thank you), and certainly that his life has immeasurably improved now he knows and loves himself. Coming out is terrifying for Caleb but he finds acceptance, quicker in some places than others, and the book is very much about the confidence and happiness he gains from it. It is nevertheless a very rainbow-tinted book. (Text includes a few slurs, voiced by the hero trying to get used to them rather than said to him, but jsyk.) This is only the second queer #romanceclass I've read after Don't Tell My Mother, and it makes clear at least some of the social and religious pressure and problems for LGBT+ people in the Philippines, a conservative and largely Catholic country. (Text includes a few slurs, voiced by the hero tr Not a romance, but a romantic YA/NA coming-out story of Caleb, 19yo piano prodigy and bow tie wearer, coming to grips with his sexuality, starting his first relationship, and working through home issues.
Not a romance, but a romantic YA/NA coming-out story of Caleb, 19yo piano prodigy and bow tie wearer, coming to grips with his sexuality, starting his first relationship, and working through home issues.
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