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I have decided I love reading books set in Montreal. In the '90s. In the newly discovered queer community by a privileged young anglo who is shedding her skin of modest upbringing and buried political ideals. Della is everyone's worst ex-boyfriend. The one who left you at a Pixie's concert with a massive hash high and the empty promise of forever. Eve is one of the few characters in fiction I have felt embarrassed along with, my own hindsight stored away in "well shit" vaults of growing up. She
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The description on the back of the book (on the edition I got anyway) is wildly inaccurate! It says something along the lines of "Eve desperately wants to leave her sleepy town and find a girl to kiss her." Which makes it sound like she's some nerdy virgin kid from suburbs, but I'm pretty sure they're having sex in the first chapter. So what is this book actually about? Okay, so yes, queer kids, friendships/ relationships, I liked how they explored the idea of non-monogamous relationships, and a
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