This book was so cute. I cannot think of a better word.

The cover of "Cerulean" sort of took over my thoughts after I saw it for the first time in Barnes & Noble. I was there to pick up other books, but I was enchanted. I didn't get it that day, and I regretted it. The next time I went to B&N, I saw it again. That cute little house perched on the edge of a cliff with a cute red van out front. It was dreamy. So dreamy, in fact, that I completely neglected the review stating it's like "a big gay blanket," something that would have immediately drawn me in otherwise. I'm not usually one to read the reviews before reading the book, so the cover alone was enough to draw me in.

I immediately enjoyed this book, but I started loving it when I met Chauncey for the first time. Obviously, no spoilers, but I was besotted. I tweeted a single thing upon meeting him: Wes Anderson needs to make a movie adaptation for "Cerulean."

Magic, love, hope, wisdom, mystery... they are all abound in this novel, and reading it was an absolute delight. If my love of reading was not already rekindled this year, this book would have been the one to do it. I am going to read every single thing T.J. Klune has written and will write. Forever.

This book made me cry at work. It made me laugh more times than I can count. It made me smile, and it made me ache. My queer heart is so filled with joy. So often, queer media is devastating. Characters are killed, rejected, bullied, hated, and used. T.J. Klune wrote a beautiful novel and, in doing so, gave us queer victory. If you are a queer person, this book will give you a moment of peace. Savor it. I'll read it again soon, I'm sure, because it is so delightful, if not to just have that little bit of peace once more.