The only people who claim the "A" in LGBTQIA+ stands for "ally" are straight allos who are grumpy about not being included as part of the acronym. Leaving that fact ambiguous will only lead more ace people to feel like they aren't part of the queer umbrella. As someone who has also occasionally experienced hostility from within the queer community (biphobia is still out there, sadly), it sucks. But I feel like the authors could have taken a more decisive approach with regards to inclusion for aces. Instead, they've chosen to leave it up to the reader to decide whether they want a place in the rainbow, and that can be a hard thing to decide for yourself. Also, it leaves non-ace readers room to say "Huh, I guess ace people don't really count as queer," and exclude them from what might otherwise be friendly and supportive spaces.

That's my biggest frustration with this book.

A perfect guide for asexuality. This book is exactly what it says it is: a quick and easy guide. It covers all the most important and basic information.

I breezed through a A Quick & Easy Guide to Asexuality after being approved for the ARC. Asexuality as an orientation is pretty invisible and I was interested to find out more. The book is accessible, and would be readable fo teens. The spectrum of romantic and sexual orientation is easy to understand, and the cake metaphor was memorable. Nuances are hard in less than 80 pages, but I would have appreciated more about being Demisexual. But the book also takes a personal approach and that may not have been relavent to the authors' experiences.

An interesting book, it made me think about how our society is organised around sexuality.

I found this really informative and accurate. It was a bit of a surface level introduction to asexuality, and it didn't contain anything I didn't already know, but that is the point of the book and I think it did a really good job of explaining asexuality to someone who is new to the concept. I wanted to read it just to see if I thought it would be a good book to recommend to people who want to find out more about asexuality, and I definitely think it is.

Great information, but doesn't use the comic format effectively at all. I would have much preferred to see graphic biographies of the narrators, as most of the material was based around their experiences, and I think that would be a more approachable use of the format. (Or perhaps this just needed a more experienced illustrator/co-writer.) Most of the time, this was an essay with random figures of people attached.

Admittedly, there is likely a significant portion of the audience that will only read it because it's a comic. And it does have a good overview of introductory information on the subject, with well-needed optimistic messaging.

An excellent source of information for readers seeking to understand a bit about asexuality; a source that also directly addresses misunderstandings and false narratives about asexuality in general.

The title delivers on its promise...a quick and easy guide to Asexuality.
If you haven't taken the time learn more about the ACE spectrum, this is a great place to start.

The basics are all laid out for you it a very consumable and the perfect jumping off point to start the conversation. There have been quite a few great Asexual books that come out in the last couple years that will give you more insight to the nuances once you've gotten the foundation from this quick read.

***Thank you to Oni Press, Limerence Press for providing me with the e-ARC for free via NetGalley for an unbiased review.

This is definitely aimed towards slightly younger readers, maybe middle school or early high school, but its a great, well-illustrated primer on asexuality and I would have killed for this at 14 years old.

A great short comic book on what it means to be asexual, how it appears and effects your life. Useful for anyone questioning, anyone curious, and anyone wanting more information without it feeling too impersonal.

This was a good graphic novel to introduce asexuality to people. Some of the basic concepts and experiences are laid out. I have spoken to a few people who fall under the asexual umbrella who have said the representation in this book is not entirely helpful. That being said I did learn a lot and have continued to look into asexuality more.

This book is a great place to start the journey of understanding asexuality. The author and illustrator provided basic understanding of what it means to be asexual, the different types of it on the spectrum and cleared some of the common myths that are there regarding asexuality in a fun and easy manner with the graphic novel format of the book.

🖤🤍💜

Disclaimer: Thanking @netgalley & the publisher for providing me with an eARC copy of the book in exchange of an honest review. The thoughts expressed in the review are therefore completely my own.

Good, easy to understand explanation of asexuality. It was very inclusive and informative. As an asexual person, I find no issues with the way they represented the sexuality as a whole. It entertained me as well.

A good read for students who are beginning to explore their sexuality. As a middle grade teacher, I find this would be a good resource to aid students.

This is a simple but complete guide to Asexuality in an easy format. In a way this is perfect for those who are still trying to figure out especially teens so 3.5/5 stars for me!

REVIEW: A Quick & Easy Guide To Asexuality by Molly Muldoon & Will Hernandez

Such a great book about asexuality.

I am asexual and only realised I was a few years ago when I stumbled upon the term in the media. I always felt like I was different or "broken" but since discovering myself and my identity I've felt a lot more whole.

This is a great book full of information, I wish I knew growing up. It is filled with questions and assumptions that people may have about asexuality that I have definitely heard first hand.

I think its a great read for people to read to educate themselves about Asexuality as there isn't a lot of positive representation in the media.

Whether you know someone who is Ace, you are Ace yourself or just curious about what it means; I highly recommend this book.

5 Stars!

An easily accessible introduction to asexuality in a comic format that might appeal more to a younger audience.

Suitable for those questioning their sexuality as well as anyone wishing to discover more about asexuality in relation to dating, sex, and common misconceptions.

Look, I’ve been anticipating this graphic novel for months and was excited to get access to an e-arc but wow, I’m disappointed. While I know the point of quick and easy guides are to be short introductions, this volume lacks nuance that conversations about aspec topics require. The section about whether asexual folx belong in the LGBTQIAP+ community felt like a slap in the face, especially when ace people are consistently gatekept from the community by other queer people. The explanation about identities under the asexual umbrella frankly felt flippant.

Truly I would only recommend this as a primer for allos to get a VERY BASIC understanding of the asexual spectrum, because honestly it’s only written for them. I don’t feel that this volume represented me or my asexual identity in any way. It sucks because like I said, I had been looking so forward to this, but I had to be honest in my thoughts (frankly I’m shaking from anger). It also sucks because there’s so few intro texts about asexuality and ace rep in books (as mentioned in this one) and this one missed the mark so much for me. It’s accessible sure, but at what cost?

A beautiful, diversely illustrated, well-written graphic novel about asexuality and many of its variants (ace, aro, etc).

This is the book I wish I had in high school, the one I wanted to give out at Pride events, a book I would have highly recommended when I still served as the Dating Expert for The New York Times / About.com. Perfect for libraries or progressive community education centres.

My only complaint, and it's minor: there were formatting issues with the review copy, leaving a few pages unreadable.

A reasonable if over simplified guide; better than nothing but room for improvement. Might purchase if nothing better comes up in the next year.

When it comes to graphic novels for this year, these titles are among the top tiers.
My first introduction to these books was A Quick & Easy Guide to Asexuality. I got an Arc digital copy of thanks to @onipress and after reading it, I was moved to check out other titles, and I ended up with A Quick & Easy Guide to Queer & Trans Identities.

What I liked about these books is how informative, easy to understand and interesting it is.
Like it's a book whether you are queer, still discovering yourself or an ally, you just need to read these books. Such an important read, that comes with learning, unlearning and relearning.