Detailed Rep List for To Hold a Flower:
Lesbian Rep: Liela and Myllia
Neurodivergent Rep:
- Liela (a strongly masking autistic)
- Kreenie (Autistic and / or ADHD and she doesn't mask; side character)
- Dunet (I strongly believe that she's neurodivergent in some way; while I wasn't sure after writing this first book and my editor didn't initially think she was, after receiving feedback from my editor on my sequel, I consider her autistic)
+ Several other characters could be read as neurodivergent
Fat Rep: Myllia
Depression Rep: Dunet
Anxiety Rep: Dunet (+ Liela and Myllia, though to a lesser degree)
There is some additional rep that is unstated in this first book..

Trigger Warnings:
- Internalized Ableism through shame, guilt, and repression, that results in heavy masking
- Ableism directed towards an unmasked side character from a main character and several side characters
- Depression
- Anxiety and social anxiety

Edited by I.O. Scheffer
Cover Art by Sophia Lindstrom

To Hold a Flower is the first book in a series focusing on mental health and identity that features a queer romance and neurodivergent characters. It is primarily a character-driven story.

Update: The sequel to To Hold a Flower, The Essence of Longing has released and is also available on Netgalley, expanding on the characters and themes of my series.

Version Notes: I've released a newer version of To Hold a Flower with improvements to the fat rep. This version of To Hold a Flower (the one on Netgalley) is an older version without those changes.