Cinnamon Toast and the End of the World

 Not so long ago I was in the library trying a book to read. I stumbled upon a section of books on the table that had a rainbow bookmark inside all of them. When I picked one up I realized that I knew that book which was called Beyond Magenta and it was about non-fiction book about real people who were transgendered or something else completely. When I opened the book and saw the bookmark I realized that this section of books were all 2015 award winning LGBT books. I decided to look thought the section and found a book with this odd title which was called Cinnamon Toast and the end of the World by Janet E. Cameron. This book is different from other books I have read and no not because the protagonist is gay not that at all because I have already read other books with a LGBT main character. It was the fact that the setting was in Canada and the character is Canadian which is so weird because I have never read a book with a Canadian lead.

Other than discovering a book with Canadian Protagonist I really liked this book so much. I would not put it down because I wanted to know what would happen to Stephen in this fictional coming of age book about him. I especially like the parts when he is reminiscing about his past when he was much younger because it so hilarious how messed his childhood is and it makes me wonder if his parents were hippies because this book was placed around the 90’s or 80’s timeline even though it came out sometime in the 2010’s. My favorite part of this book is the beginning because it start out with Stephen thinking the world has ended because he is in love with his best friend Mark. That part was very unique because you don’t normally start out with a book with a melodramatic confession like that.

This is a truly good book and I recommend it to anyone who wants a light-hearted coming to age story or one that has a LGBT character. But unlike other LGBT stories this isn't depressing story or even an overly emotional either. In fact it is really funny but it does have some sad moments considering our protagonist Stephen is in love with his best friend who is actually a huge homophobic so right away you know that Stephen is going to be heartbroken somehow. But remember this is a coming of age so you know he is going to get past this somehow. But overall this was a great novel and good job to you miss Cameron for a great first novel debut and if you write anymore books I’ll gladly read them.