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In which all my characters are demi

  (FYI, this particular post doesn’t really contain any spoilers—there’s nothing here that I particularly WANT my readers NOT to know before they read my book, or that would typically go under a spoiler cut in a review. However, if you really really want to know NOTHING but what’s in the official blurb, maybe read the book first and then come back. <3 )   So, all of my characters are demi.   Well, maybe not  all  of them. Just the really important ones.   I’ve talked about this a lot on Twitter, but learning what the term “demisexual” meant a few years ago was like a puzzle piece clicking into place for me. When I was a teenager, I just thought I was too young. I legitimately did not understand how people accidentally got pregnant—why not just NOT HAVE SEX if you weren’t ready for the possible consequences? I understood how the act worked and wasn’t  repulsed  by it, but I also had zero interest in doing it myself. And even though I was like 16 I just thought... well, I guess I’m s