I was provided an advance copy by NetGalley in exchange of an honest review.

I am gray-ace, and feel comfortable calling myself part of the queer community, so I was pretty excited to this one since I love to see my flag being represented.
The art it's not really my style and has a lot of inconsistency, but I let this slide since it should be some of an educational comic.
I liked most of the things but disagree with the way the authors insisted in saying that assexuality is the LACK of sexual attraction. Since most of the community are actually on the gray espectrum and are not sex-repulsed this was the thing that made me and many other question themselves.
Assexual people CAN experience sexual attraction, but they NEED to be under especific conditions or not at all.
A lot of people see themselves as demisexual, I myself though I was too for kind some time. Demisexuality is when you feel sexual attraction but ONLY if you already has an emotional bond with the person, therefore you don't get the hots for some cute singer like your friends, for example.
I think the book was ok, but not the best assexual representation that I read. I myself don't think at my teens I would be comfortable with this lable only reading this comic, so for me this is a medium example of representatives.
On fiction you can find a lot of my accurate books, and it's really easier to indentify the signals by examples than for a educational book like this one. ( )

This is a great book for ace folks. When it covered people acting like you are broken and just need a good lay, I wished I had this in high school. I also liked that it touched on ace folks not being or feel like they are being included in queer communities. This is definitely true, IME.

My only quibble is that the two page spread is difficult to read on phones without constantly enlarging. If it were a one page spread, I don't think there would be as much of an issue with reading ease. ( )

The authors host a tidy little introduction to asexuality filled with facts and their own experiences. Good info presented well. ( )

A solid introduction to the topic, I think. At least, I've seen all of this information represented on the queer- and asexual-run websites on asexuality, so this book seems to do a good job of summing all of that up in a clear and concise way.

I do wish, as I have with all of those websites, that there was an effort to define "sexual attraction" instead of just assuming all readers will know exactly what that is and how that feels. Unlikely, considering at least some of the readers will be questioning their own asexuality. So what is sexual attraction compared to, say, aesthetic appreciation or libido? How does it exist in the absence or presence of those things?

There are moments in this book that hint at those questions (and answers?), but nothing concrete and nothing intended to elaborate on how those concepts fit into the asexual spectrum or the split attraction model. I'm sure some asexual people know exactly where they fall, but for those in that grey area the authors mention, I would imagine more information would be helpful. ( )

Like all the Quick & Easy Guides To, I love this book. I wish I could afford to buy extra copies and hand it out to people. At the least I'll be buying a copy for my daughter so she can have the complete library as reference material as she grows up.

This book goes through asexuality, aromanticism, the difference between identity and actions (so important!), and how these all live on a spectrum instead of a black and white duality. It also reviews how they interact with other identities such as gender identity and sexual orientation. It also covers the need for more education and representation of asexuality in general, since we do not acknowledge it much in our society.

This is a valuable addition to anyone's library. I'd especially recommend it to anyone with children, anyone working in education or with the public, and especially anyone in healthcare.

I received a free electronic ARC from the publisher via Netgalley in exchange for an honest review. ( )