The Passing Playbook

Love the normalisation of gay people within sports. Also, I'm British and don't understand soccer!! I really enjoyed the story, I thought Spencer's relationship with his parents was sweet and realistic, and his struggle with legislation and his birth certificate so realistic and it highlighted how there are still laws that discriminate against trans people.

Some things I didn't like were the fact that Spencer had like no chest so he could just take his shirt off and not need top surgery. I get that the Fitzsimons wanted to write a story about a trans teen who was stealth, but it just made Spencer a lot harder to connect with, seeing as he didn't face probably one of the biggest and most upsetting struggles for many trans men.
Another thing I didn't like was the ending, as Justice just disappeared and the explanation felt a bit rushed and I think I would've liked more detail into Justice's difficulty with being blackmailed into coming out to his very homophobic family and then leaving the school. I also think it would've been nice if the book expanded on Spencer and Aidan's relationship, as it never feels explored enough, as well as Spencer's budding friendship with Riley.

I would definitely recommend this book, and it would've been a 5/5 if some of the problems had been fixed.