Space Between: Explorations of Love, Sex, and Fluidity
Author: Nico Tortorella (they/them)
Publisher: Crown, an imprint of Random House
Review by: Giselle Bloch, Pflag Parent

This book captivated me from the moment I began reading it. Nico Tortorella is an actor and an LGBTQ2S+ advocate; through their book they explore love, sex, gender, polyamory, addiction, family, fame, fluidity, and life outside the binary. But this book is so much more than that. This book is a memoir of love, identity, and acceptance.

In Space Between, Nico reveals themself in all their vulnerability. They delve into a multitude of topics that can affect sexuality and gender, including toxic masculinity, misogyny, transphobia and homophobia, systemic racism, socioeconomic status, privilege, and intersectionality, to name a few.

Nico writes honestly and openly about their experiences with addiction and self-destruction, and how their journey toward sobriety enabled them to explore their sexual and gender fluidity. They share intimate details of their romantic partnerships and their marriage to the love of their life.

Readers will see how life outside conventional norms can be healing and beautiful.

I highly recommend Space Between for anyone who wants to learn more about gender, the gender binary, nonbinary identities, sexuality, gender and sexual fluidity, polyamory and consensual non-monogamy. It is an educational, captivating, and inspiring book, and I thoroughly enjoyed it.