#i didn't realise i was aro until i was 20 because i'm stupid

[fey-changeling]

for the book ask! 7, 12, 15 please :)

hiii!!! 🖤

7. is there a series/book that got you into reading?

The main books of my childhood were The Famous Five by Enid Blyton which I zoomed through, and The Worst Witch by Jill Murphy which I listened to almost every night, I think I read a lot of pony books too.

12. did you enjoy any compulsory high school readings?

The only one I really enjoyed was The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins, it was dramatic, it had suspense, it just hit my vibe a lot more than anything else we had to read. I kinda liked The Great Gatsby I think I'd appreciate it more now, but at the time I was mad cos we weren't reading The Murder of Roger Ackroyd.

15. recommend and review a book.

I literally just finished Loveless by Alice Oseman (so not very articulate), and reccomending because wow. I don't really read contemporary YA, I tend to avoid it, but I made an exception because it's about being aromantic asexual. Essentially romance-obsessed Georgia Warr goes to uni and figures out her sexuality.

I thought I wouldn't relate that much to it since I realised I was ace at 15 and I've never been bothered with romance, but holy shit I related to it (more than 60 quotes highlighted). It felt like I was seen, and it's something I want my allo friends to read cos it captures the aro ace experience so well (also being painfully introverted but wanting The Uni Experience experience). What got me the most was Georgia coming out to her friends and saying it's a real thing. It's a real sexuality because there's always the fear that people are going to tell you that's not possible; and the minor characters who react negatively, in the way I'm always scared someone will when I tell them I'm aro ace. Basically big aro ace feels but also kinda cosy.