This book’s tagline is a pun about asexuality for gosh’s sake: “Alice is about to ace this whole dating thing.” So i t’s frustrating that the romance unfolds the exact same way as it would with standard allosexual characters. If there was any book in the world that I thought would do better than love/lust at first sight, it’s one that has “asexual protagonist” as its primary claim to fame. Have sex in the break room at work even though you know there are security cameras in there gorgeous. The kind of gorgeous you’d stab your best friend of twenty years in the back, set her house on fire, and drive off into the sunset with her husband for. Not just “ Hi, I’m the new boy next door” gorgeous, but the kind of gorgeous that would make you slap your mama. He was gorgeous-and that was not a word Alice threw around lightly. Here’s how attracted she is to him before she’s ever spoken a single word to him: Despite never having really felt physical attraction before, Alice is immediately obsessed with her love interest Takumi. In a genre full of instalove, lust, and raging hormones, an asexual character was sure to shake things up. Interesting, I thought when picking it up. But Let’s Talk About Love is all about the romance. Some of them appear are contemporary novels but center on the platonic relationships rather than the romantic/sexual ones. At least one of them is in a romantic relationship, but said relationship is not the novel’s main focus. Some of them are from plot-heavy novels, so their time is spent focusing on other things. Some of them are aromantic as well as asexual, so romance never really comes into their storylines. None of these characters focus much on romance. I can say that #Bughead is one of the main reasons I gave up on Riverdale, though. I only know about this because of the controversy surrounding his role in the sexed-up Riverdale, so I can’t speak much about the representation. Jughead Jones from some iterations of Archie comics.It’s not great rep, but at least it’s there. His coming out is one of the most awkwardly placed lines of dialogue I’ve ever heard. Of course, Raphael is a secondary character who isn’t confirmed as asexual until after his death in the books, and is given a very, very cringy romantic plotline in the show. Raphael Santiago from Cassandra Clare’s Shadowhunters series.Like with Aled, Valentine’s sexuality is background even though he is a very important character. Another excellent book, another excellent character. Valentine Simmons from Riley Redgate’s Seven Ways We Lie.Everything Alice Oseman touches is amazing, so please put this one on your reading list as well. The novel is focused on his friendship with the main character, so Aled’s demisexuality isn’t a major plotpoint, but it’s certainly there. Aled is the novel’s secondary protagonist. Aled Last from Alice Oseman’s Radio Silence. If you haven’t read these books, do yourself a favor and do so. She is both great representation and a hugely fun character aside from her sexuality. She starts as an important secondary character and ascends to main character status for a sequel.
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