Some of it was stated very bluntly, but sometimes it’s better to just say something than to pile on the metaphors. It’s not often readers get to experience characters having detailed discussions about the different shades of queer beyond the commonly known macro labels, unequivocally state that it is okay to revoke consent, or come to understand that a marker of a good relationship is having a partner that respects your needs. Edgmon confronts those challenges head on, never pulling their punches or sugar-coating the situations. Millions of teenagers all over this country are going through some of the same things Wyatt, Emyr, and Briar deal with, if not more and worse. It would be ludicrous to assume no teenager has to deal with shifting friendships and relationships, consent, or state-sanctioned identity-based oppressions. The book is definitely older YA verging into New Adult, yet no matter what, Edgmon always keeps teen readers as his focus. Besides racism, colonialism, oppression, slavery, and transphobia, the sequel also digs into trauma, the sometimes fuzzy boundary between healthy and toxic relationships, and sex. The Fae Keeper veers into some heavy territory.
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