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A review by pennyaimes
Roller Girl by Vanessa North
5.0
I'm a big fan of this one! Setting aside the "I'm reading this because I'm desperate for trans rep" books and the non-romance books, there's really only about 4 books on my trans heroines list, all from cis contemporary romance authors who usually write cis characters.
Of those four, Vanessa North takes the biggest risk in putting the camera squarely behind her trans heroine's eyes, and she does a fantastic job of portraying navigating the early days of reinventing herself and recovering from a marriage that had grown comfortable some ways even if it stopped working in others.
Also it's a f/f book and as a woman married to a woman I'm partial.
I've seen criticism that this has a bit of an afterschool special quality to the trans rep, which I can agree with, but I think it represents an accurate estimate of where the general audience is! If anything I applaud Vanessa North for taking on the topic of trans athletes fearlessly.
Of those four, Vanessa North takes the biggest risk in putting the camera squarely behind her trans heroine's eyes, and she does a fantastic job of portraying navigating the early days of reinventing herself and recovering from a marriage that had grown comfortable some ways even if it stopped working in others.
Also it's a f/f book and as a woman married to a woman I'm partial.
I've seen criticism that this has a bit of an afterschool special quality to the trans rep, which I can agree with, but I think it represents an accurate estimate of where the general audience is! If anything I applaud Vanessa North for taking on the topic of trans athletes fearlessly.