A review by pavi_fictionalworm
The Passing Playbook by Isaac Fitzsimons

4.0


Disclaimer: An eARC was provided by The Publisher via Netgalley in exchange for an honest review. The Thoughts, opinions & feelings expressed in the review are therefore, my own.

Trigger Warnings: Transgender Killings, Transphobia

A sweet adorable forbidden romance between a trans boy and his Christian absolutely under the closet teammate.

Spencer has just shifted to a new private school after a traumatic event at his old school when he came out as trans - even though we don’t get the whole details, but what we do get sounds absolutely horrendous and Spencer had not only my sympathies but also my support for it.

Spencer loves football; so when he is given the chance to try out for the football team of his school; he does so behind his parent’s back.

A side note: I adored Spencer’s parents - they were doing the best they could with what was thrown at them and I loved how absolutely supportive they were of Spencer.

Justice, on the other hand comes from a religious family and the only way he could get out of homeschooling was through the scholarship to play football at this private school!

Justice is not out as gay to his family; and it takes a while for Spencer to out himself as trans, and that’s only because of what happened at his previous school.

Wonderful and amazing secondary characters who are some of the best cheerleaders Spencer and Justice could have had.

Spencer and Justice were adorable together - and I am in love with their relationship - a little angst, some drama and whole lot of adorableness!

The Passing Playbook is the wholesome coming of age YA romance that deals with some serious issues (see: trigger warnings!) with the brevity they deserved.