Reviews tagging 'Transphobia'

A Lady's Finder by Edie Cay

1 review

prettycloud's review

adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.0

Ok so here's the thing. This book needs editing. Its central pairing don't really get a chance to work together (the author doesn't seem to understand how to solve problems?), the subplot is nothing, two of the (minor) characters change names? But the vibes of this book are so good. Read the first couple of chapters, or whatever free sample they give you, and see if it speaks to you. It's hard to find good nonbinary rep in queer historical fiction, and this delivers that sweet rep with some believable character interactions and a fun setting. It could definitely use a bit of work, but it's not cringey or overly silly. I'd read other works by this author if the vibes are this good, and I'd recommend this to anyone who wants that historical nb/f fix and can stand the cobbled-together plot.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, Alcohol, Outing, Deadnaming, Sexual content, Transphobia, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Dysphoria, Pedophilia, Body shaming, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Stalking, and Incest

Minor: Miscarriage, Vomit, Fatphobia, Infertility, Misogyny, Racism, Sexism, and Toxic relationship

A major character (not one of the two mains) was sexually abused as a child by an uncle (there isn't a flashback, but there is some description) and still experiences trauma as an adult, including related to her recent pregnancy/new baby, which she also had physical complications with.

One of the two leads gets outed as trans in front of extended family, but his close family accept him.

There's the background historical homophobia/transphobia/sexism that you would expect, but the characters tend to have more modern attitudes (except for one horrible guy). One of the MCs is mixed-race and that contributes a bit to some family drama, but otherwise it doesn't come up.