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Sweet, Echoing Howl by N.K. Layne

regencyfan93's review

2.0

I had a very difficult time following the action. Both main characters are gender-neutral and use the same pronouns zhey. I respect the author using correct pronouns. It would have been easier for me if first names - Leone, Ash - had been used at least as often as zhey and zheir. If the pronouns used so heavily had both been he or she, I would have had as much difficulty. My problem wasn't with the pronouns, it was that I couldn't tell which person was doing or saying something.

whatthefridge's review

5.0

Trans/genderqueer PoC shapeshifters, gender-neutral pronouns, and snarky snark

“No. Sara. I don’t fight crocodiles. I mean, duh?”

“I don’t know what trans people are into! What you guys do in your free time…” Sara scrunched her long, dark-brown hair with her fists. Her skin was the same golden olive as Leone’s, from their Peruvian American ancestry and mutual love for long sunbaths on the California shore.

“We can assure you, the Venn diagram between large aquatic reptiles and the Iquitos trans community is narrow,” said Ash.