Is Love the Answer? is a book that looks to start a conversation about asexuality, agender, and the equal parts comforting and terrifying feelings that come with sitting on any branch of the LGBTQIA+ tree.
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As a neat and nice single volume story, Is Love the Answer? does a lot of things other queer stories don't do regarding characters.
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