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* UnfortunateImplications: Larbalestier [[http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/2012/09/05/racism-in-the-books-we-write/#footnote_14_10844 went through great lengths to avoid this.]] (Warning: spoilers in the link.) Nevertheless, some people still found the book racist and transphobic.
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* ShockingSwerve: [[spoiler: Micah being a werewolf really came out of the blue for some people.]]
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* AllThereIsToKnowAboutTheCryingGame: A lot of people wouldn't have read the book if they didn't know ahead of time that [[spoiler: Micah was a werewolf.]]
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* AllThereIsToKnowAboutTheCryingGame: A lot of people wouldn't have read the book if they didn't know ahead of time that [[spoiler: Micah was a werewolf.]]
* LesYay: Between Micah and Sarah.
* MinorityShowGhetto: The original US book cover had the [[RaceLift minority lead changed to be a white woman]]. This is depressingly common in the Young Adult category -- with the minority ghetto sometimes passed around as an excuse for doing so. The author blogs about the change [[http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/2009/07/23/aint-that-a-shame/ here]]. But there's a happy ending: After the issue got a significant amount of negative publicity, the publishers [[http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/2009/08/06/the-new-cover/ commissioned a new cover for the next print run]] that's basically the same as the old one [[AuthorsSavingThrow but with an African-American model who looks like the book's actual protagonist]].
* ShockingSwerve: [[spoiler: Micah being a werewolf really came out of the blue for some people.]]
* TearJerker: This quote:
-->[[spoiler: I've told you all the important moments between me and Zach. All the memories I go over again and again and again.]]\\
[[spoiler: I fear I will wear them out. Break them by thinking of them to long and too often. But maybe remembering them is what keeps them alive.]]
* UnfortunateImplications: Larbalestier [[http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/2012/09/05/racism-in-the-books-we-write/#footnote_14_10844 went through great lengths to avoid this.]] (Warning: spoilers in the link.) Nevertheless, some people still found the book racist and transphobic.
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* LesYay: Between Micah and Sarah.
* MinorityShowGhetto: The original US book cover had the [[RaceLift minority lead changed to be a white woman]]. This is depressingly common in the Young Adult category -- with the minority ghetto sometimes passed around as an excuse for doing so. The author blogs about the change [[http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/2009/07/23/aint-that-a-shame/ here]]. But there's a happy ending: After the issue got a significant amount of negative publicity, the publishers [[http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/2009/08/06/the-new-cover/ commissioned a new cover for the next print run]] that's basically the same as the old one [[AuthorsSavingThrow but with an African-American model who looks like the book's actual protagonist]].
* ShockingSwerve: [[spoiler: Micah being a werewolf really came out of the blue for some people.]]
* TearJerker: This quote:
-->[[spoiler: I've told you all the important moments between me and Zach. All the memories I go over again and again and again.]]\\
[[spoiler: I fear I will wear them out. Break them by thinking of them to long and too often. But maybe remembering them is what keeps them alive.]]
* UnfortunateImplications: Larbalestier [[http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/2012/09/05/racism-in-the-books-we-write/#footnote_14_10844 went through great lengths to avoid this.]] (Warning: spoilers in the link.) Nevertheless, some people still found the book racist and transphobic.
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