A lot of the time, people will expect to take more than you are willing to give, and this book really shines a light on the importance of learning and knowing your limits.

While Angel only sees the perfect part of being famous, only sees her idols and their smiles, Jimmy is living the reality, and the reality isn’t always pretty. It might have been the way I connected with the fandom aspects of the story, but I adored the character build up and the way they were introduced with such ease. I fell so in love with her writing, her characters, and her messages, that I knew I wouldn’t be able to resist picking up something else by her.Or well, even with my kid I’d probably invite them over to my flat and give them a safe space to crash and to calm down. Solitaire is an extraordinary novel … [Oseman] has captured her characters’ rage, humour and insecurity with aplomb. These two main voices that belong to a young muslim (and probably queer) woman, and a young mix-raced transgender gay man.

But there he was, Jimmy, real and anxious and trying to figure out what to do next – like the rest of us. Books That See Us is an ongoing series of book reviews where Salt and Sage Books editors and sensitivity readers share representation done well. When I visualized their first meeting I definitely didn’t imagine them being scared shitless in a public toilet/bathroom. Her work is honest and diverse, and her themes resonate with the ones of her generation: mental health, queerness, navigating friendships, fandoms, and the internet.Angel’s internet friend, Juliet, took a while to grow on me, but is human as can be - and for that reason I liked her. I loved the interview they gave when they said “the fans like to overthink everything we do” and I had to agree so much! The cherry on top is that her best friend Juliet, whom she met online, has meet and greet tickets and they will see each other for real for the very first time. Girls scream over them, adore them and throw themselves at the boys, imagine early years One Direction, that kind of fame.