I really like the quick and easy guide series; I think they do the damn thing. They're great resources to pull off the library shelves when people have questions because they are just so quick and easy. 80 pages maximum and full of pictures, it's such a simple thing to ask people to read and I think they really help communicate topics that I had to learn about in the trenches of Tumblr University to confused parents and teachers.

That being said, this one was probably one of my least favorite books in the series. Most of my other frustrations are covered in other reviews, like with the art style or the "are aces queer" section, so I won't go into those. For me, so many of the examples were frustratingly heteronormative and I know that they would not be helpful for figuring out if you're gay or ace or dabbling in both. Particularly pages 39-43, my experience as a (not-ace, probably-not-aro) lesbian is pretty identical to that, and I'm surprised there was never an acknowledgement of this overlap. It's just such an underutilized point of solidarity.

Honestly one of my main takeaways from this book is that like... it made me wish there was a book like this for aromanticism? Or something that talked ever about being aro but not ace? It's an identity that I feel like gets dunked on a lot in the service of standing up for aces who do want romance (noooo dont worry I can still be Normal^tm), and the way this book was written made me sad about it idk. They did say that they have a very specific scope at the start of the book, so how mad can I really be about my little niche complaints.

I don't know. I think my library is pretty likely to buy this, I can see it being very useful, but I will continue to have my little gripes about it.