#BlackLove x @ileevents : • • • • We chose this pic out of all the dope preview photos because I downloaded it 2x … so obviously we were making sure we SECURED this shot in our storage! Hahaha . Our #haitiancouple showed up and OUT to celebrate their love #haitianlove Show the newlyweds some love! The team: #FelixEverAfter Couple: @felixeverafter_ Planner: @ileevents 📸: @redlightphotos 🎥: @eson_ali Designer: @jewelgeorgieffweddings DJ: @djmostwantedsounds Venue: @pommeradnor Host Hotel: @crowneplazakingofprussia Bride’s Gown: @davidsbridal Bride’s Hair: @untamable_beauty_salon Bride’s MUA: @facedbynaomii Bride’s Nails: @nailzbydarianne Bride’s Headpiece: @su.reina.bridal Bridesmaids Gowns: @davidsbridal Bridesmaids MUA: @lilbeezz Tuxedos: @jimsformalwear •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• ⠀ ⠀ Thank you for sharing your love with us! ⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⠀ Want a CHANCE to be featured??⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⠀ Tag 🏷 us in your post or use #luvblacklove so we can search you!⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⠀ Please no DMs or Email submissions. ⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⠀ ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• . . . . . . . . #blacklovematters #blackexcellence #unapologeticallyblack #blackunity #melanincouples #blackloveisbeautiful #blackloveisblackpower #melanin #blackisbeautiful #blackcouples #reallove #baewatch #blackcouple #blackloveisrevolutionary #couplesofinstagram #love #melaninrich #weddingwednesday #blackmarriage https://www.instagram.com/p/CTTGhwmp7SF/?utm_medium=tumblr

June 20th, 2020 || this is what i’ll be reading for the rest of the day to celebrate #queerblackathon which started yesterday in celebration of Juneteenth. couldn’t start reading yesterday because it was pretty hectic day for me but today i am giving all my time to these two novels; i am in very much need for some escapism. . i probably won’t be able to finish both of them but i have started Felix Ever After and so far, so good; so my plan is to finish it and start You Should See Me in a Crown. . are you participating in the readathon? of so, what are you reading? • • • #currentlyreading #felixeverafter #youshouldseemeinacrown #kacenkallender #leahjohnsen #queerreads #ownvoices #junereads #bookstagrammersunite #unitedbookstagram https://www.instagram.com/p/CBp_entKPtf/?igshid=1i2pxh2kbbkbm

New #review #FelixEverAfter by #KacenCallender So if you’ve been following me for a bit, you’ve probably noticed a trend in the authors I’m reading this year, or you might have seen the posts where I pointed out that I was committing myself to a challenge this year – one in which I only read books written by #BIPOC authors. I’ve managed that for the most part, with the exception of a few ARC reviews for authors to whom I’ve been committed for over a year or sometimes what seems like a lifetime. 🖤 But I realized with the arrival of #Pride month that I need to actually put what I preach about intersectionality into practice. So I’ve been looking not only for BIPOC voices to read, but BIPOC voices who also fall outside of the ‘cishet’ realm. I had originally bought Felix Ever After for my Eldest Spawn after she’d asked for it. At the time, she didn’t really like to read, so I figured almost any book was good enough to get her. I’d intended to read it but just hadn't gotten to it yet (I think mostly because it's a paperback and I prefer ebooks these days). This book has totally erased the books I’ve read recently – like wiped them out of my mind & filled it with itself. Felix Ever After is such a rollercoaster of a book!! I laughed, I loved, I raged, I wept both tears of pain & joy. This book is such a glorious celebration of the journey each one of us must take towards accepting ourselves and loving who we are, understanding that our own validation is the only validation we really need. Felix Ever After should be required reading for everyone in school. It gives so much insight into the things that trans kids, and especially queer trans kids of color, are confronted with on a daily basis, on TOP of all the things that teens are already dealing with – so many people can connect with these feelings, even if they don’t identify with any of the identities being discussed. This is a love story – a SELF-LOVE story. . . . . . #goodreads #Amazon #kindle #Bookbub #StoryGraph #iheartbooks #readingisfundamental #book #books #readallthebooks #booklover #bookworm #bookwrym #bookstagram #bookstagrammer #booksofinstagram #booksbooksbooks #read #reading #booksarelife https://www.instagram.com/p/CfFIEzcLA8G/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Felix ever after review This book is about a transgender boy names Felix who has never been in love (despite his last name being Love). He loves his transgender, back, queer identity but also struggles with them. Once he started getting anonymously bullied and deadnamed alongside photos of him pre-transition. He comes up with a plan for revenge which turns into a strange love triangle and many self realisations. ✨ I couldn’t emotionally connected to this book until about half way through which I was so frustrated about! Cause it’s the exact type of genre and writing I normally love. But once I got into it half way through oh my god was I crushed, happy, confused just so many emotions. By the end I was just crying happy tears and couldn’t stop smiling! The plot of this book was amazing I couldn’t put the book down (except the times when I got second hand embarrassment ahh) The characters are all amazing. We love an all queer characters book. Leah was fucking amazing oh my god her at the end. Leah and Ezra just constantly sticking up for Felix was my favourite thing to see it just made me so happy. Ezra also took my heart he was just such an amazing best friend throughout the book! Felix had so much character development throughout the book. He got cut down and still was about to rebuild himself every time 🤍 The ending now. I do love how it ended. I did like both potential relationships ngl wouldn’t of been made with either of them. I do however think there were a few unanswered questions. There are still things I wanna know! I think this book is just going to be a standalone but I wouldn’t be mad it a prequel came outOverall I gave it 4.5 stars! I would give it 5 but I just wasn’t emotionally invested in it until about 200 pages in! However I highly recommend this to everyone so if tit’s just such an incredible book ⭐️ Age Range: 15+ Genre: Contemporary  Star rating: 4.5 stars ⭐️

Macie swoją historię miłosną, a może taka dopiero przed Wami? Może to książki pokazują Wam miłość idealną, a może znacie ją z rzeczywistości? 💜 👉 Jakkolwiek by nie było @kacen.callender stworzył/a wspaniałą historię opartą na własnych doświadczeniach życiowych. "Felix Ever After" to historia o miłości, poszukiwaniu, dorastaniu, tematach tabu i przełamywaniu siebie, swoich ograniczeń. Ta historia otwiera oczy na problemy innych, pokazuje, że wszyscy jesteśmy równi i zachwyca swoim przesłaniem. Myślę, że to książka dla wszystkich, po prostu. Jest taka prawdziwa, porusza tak wiele tego, co ważne 📖 Czytając ją miałam poczucie, że nie mogę jej odłożyć, nie mogę zawieść Felixa i muszę poznać jego historię. 👉 Ode mnie ocena 10/10 🌟, w tej historii także... odnalazłam siebie. Dlaczego? O tym już przeczytacie w recenzji na mojej stronie. Także serdecznie Was zapraszam do wejścia w link, który jest w BIO. 👉 Ogromne podziękowania należą się również @weneedyabooks dziękuję za książkę i dziękuję, że wydajecie tak ważne tytuły 💪 👉 Dzisiaj upragniony piątek, piąteczek, piątunio 🤗 Tydzień intensywny, pełen wyzwań, zaskoczenia i zawodu. Od tego tygodnia myślę, że niektórzy naprawdę mają coś mocno nie tak z głową 🤯 ale... nie ma co się przejmować, z niektórych sytuacji pozostaje mi tylko śmiać się 😁 . . . #pride #transpride #lgbt #felixeverafter #bookstagramtopasja #bookstagrampolska #polskiebookstagramy #książka #book #czytambolubie #bookstagrampl #igreads #bookaddict #booksofinstagram #ilovebooks #bookishlove #bookstagram #flatlay #bibliophile #bookaesthetic #instabook #bookflatlay #candle #booktime #homesweethome #bookoftheday #inspire #lovestory (w: Łódź, Poland) https://www.instagram.com/p/CQ0R8jvB7Ss/?utm_medium=tumblr

“𝘐’𝘮 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘧𝘭𝘢𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘯𝘺𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨. 𝘐’𝘮 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘦𝘹𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨. 𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘮𝘦. 𝘐 𝘤𝘢𝘯’𝘵 𝘩𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘮𝘺𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧. 𝘐 𝘤𝘢𝘯’𝘵 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘢𝘳. 𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘪𝘧 𝘐 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥, 𝘐 𝘥𝘰𝘯’𝘵 𝘧****** 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘰. 𝘐 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦. 𝘐 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘦𝘹𝘪𝘴𝘵.” - 𝘍𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘹 𝘌𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘈𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘳 ⁣ ⁣ ℚ𝕆𝕋𝔻: Have you read any good books with LGBTQIA+ rep recently? ⁣ ⁣ Recently I read Felix Ever After by @kacen.callendar! This incredible book tells the story of Felix, a transgender teen who wants nothing more then to fall in love. We follow Felix as he goes on a journey of self discovery all while navigating the daily struggles of life in high school. Felix Ever After was actually my first Trans Own Voices read and it definitely won’t be the last! ⁣ ⁣ Felix Ever After is such a special book that truly moved me. This book is so well written and beautifully explores identity, race, bullying, friendship and family dynamics, and the struggles of being a teen. I loved watching Felix find himself and realize his worth. ⁣ ⁣ The author describes what they hope readers took away from Felix Ever After and they hit it on the head . . . “laughs and tears; a roller coaster ride of a romance, empowerment, and validation; and a story they thoroughly enjoyed.” I took away all of these things! I definitely recommend Felix Ever After!!⁣ ⁣ ✨Challenges✨⁣ #ReadGushJun21 - book quotes ⁣ #BookishBellesJune21 - the fault in our stars: made you cry⁣ #ThirtyDaysOfGay - queer joy & favorite LGBTQ+ books⁣ ⁣ ✨Hashtags✨⁣ #FelixEverAfter #TransLivesMatter #BlackTransLivesMatter #PrideMonth #OwnVoices #ContemporaryReads #BookRecommendations #LoveToRead #GranniesOfBookstagram #AvidReader #BookstaLove #ReadersAssemble #BookLovers #LoveYourShelf #ReadersGonnaRead #TeamBookstagram #DoItForTheBookstagram https://www.instagram.com/p/CPnySu-LNDL/?utm_medium=tumblr

I swear that the bookmark choice was completely random, but I feel like there’s no better bookmark for a book about the journey of finding yourself, your voice, and your identity. 🌸 The people that recommended this book to me, where absolutely right. It was emotional and powerful. I didn’t cry, but I most definitely teared up several times. 🌸 Felix Ever After reminds the reader that even when the world tries to destroy you, and keep you down, that there are those who will always support you. It reminds the reader that it may take a while to find your voice, your identity, or that you might even question it for the rest of your life, and that’s okay. You’re here. You exist. And you deserve love and respect. 🌸 (Photo description: The book Felix Ever After, by Kacen Callender, on my lap. There’s a pink squared magnetic bookmark saying “I’m here” next to it) . . #felixeverafter #kacencallender #lgbt #lgbtbooks #bookstagram #bookstagramsofportugal #bookstagramofportugal #book #booklover #bookstagrammer #bookaddict #bookcommunity #bookphotography #booknerd #bookreview #bookblogger #bookblog #bookblogging #bookbloggersofinstagram https://www.instagram.com/p/CMSGhUHALm0/?igshid=2johkiopl6xx

Currently reading: Felix Ever After, by Kacen Callender🌸 . . (Photo description: Two photos of the pages of the book Felix Ever After, by Kacen Callender, with the quote: “ I mean, I WANT to be in love. That’s something I’ve always wanted to feel. What’s it like, to be in love and have that other person love you, too? Is it another level of friendship? Another level of trust, vulnerability, always telling that person your thoughts and feelings, sharing every little thing with them so that you’re so in sync that it’s like you’re one person? Is it like every time you see them, your heart goes wild, and you can’t think because you’re so effing happy? Is it like whenever they’re away, you feel like you’re missing a piece of yourself? Does knowing someone loves you fill you with confidence, because you know you’re the type of person who deserves love? And what’s it like to break up with someone you love? What’s it like to decide to try again, and let yourself fall in love with someone else? To decide to take that chance you might get hurt, but still want to try? I don’t know. But I want to.”) . . #felixeverafter #kacencallender #lgbt #lgbtbooks #bookstagram #bookstagramsofportugal #booklover #bookstagramportugal #bookstagrammer #bookaddict #bookcommunity #bookphotography #bookquotes #quotes #inspiration #quotesaboutlove https://www.instagram.com/p/CMRoQ7mAdXs/?igshid=5sxnuiziexzh