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The Companion
by E.E. Ottoman
This is a very sweet and lovely trans romance. It's t4t4t, poly, bisexual and very lovely.
Madeline is an author, who struggles to make it in the New York art scene without having to compromise her bodily integrity as more famous authors there expect "favors" in exchange for their help. This scary part of her past is only lightly touched upon, but the narratives manages to showcase very well the exploitation and oversexualisation trans women are often faced with.
She manges to find a save haven in the house of fellow trans writer Victor. Victor is already a successful author, but still struggles with wether or not his audience will accept everything he writes. He also experienced the judgement of the New York art scene, but was able to escape, mainly living as a shut in on the country side now. As these two get closer and Madeline finally starts to believe she's found somewhere she can finally write, she meets Victor's neighbor, the farmer Audrey and finds herself drawn toward her.
This is when the story moves through a variety of romance tropes. Madeline is a virgin, who finds herself swept of her feet by handsome Victor and equally intruiged beautiful Audrey. The sex is always fantastic and there's lots of it. But Madeline can't decide who she wants more and fears that her desires are unnatural and shameful. There is some conflict around that, but that is rather quickly resolved and in general there is very little conflict in this story.
At points the lack of conflict made the story feel a bit flat, despite the interesting characters and the sweet romance, but if you enjoy your vibes saccharine it is definitely still very lovely. There's also a lot of sex, which is obviously great, but not something I had expected going in. So uh... be aware or be intruiged, depending on where your preferences lie. There's also less wooing and more quickly falling in love and lust than I expected. All in all I found myself really liking this story, but it is only a four star read for me. But if you enjoy quiet sweet high heat t4t4t romances with incredible vibes and lush prose that really draws you in this is a book to check out.
Madeline is an author, who struggles to make it in the New York art scene without having to compromise her bodily integrity as more famous authors there expect "favors" in exchange for their help. This scary part of her past is only lightly touched upon, but the narratives manages to showcase very well the exploitation and oversexualisation trans women are often faced with.
She manges to find a save haven in the house of fellow trans writer Victor. Victor is already a successful author, but still struggles with wether or not his audience will accept everything he writes. He also experienced the judgement of the New York art scene, but was able to escape, mainly living as a shut in on the country side now. As these two get closer and Madeline finally starts to believe she's found somewhere she can finally write, she meets Victor's neighbor, the farmer Audrey and finds herself drawn toward her.
This is when the story moves through a variety of romance tropes. Madeline is a virgin, who finds herself swept of her feet by handsome Victor and equally intruiged beautiful Audrey. The sex is always fantastic and there's lots of it. But Madeline can't decide who she wants more and fears that her desires are unnatural and shameful. There is some conflict around that, but that is rather quickly resolved and in general there is very little conflict in this story.
At points the lack of conflict made the story feel a bit flat, despite the interesting characters and the sweet romance, but if you enjoy your vibes saccharine it is definitely still very lovely. There's also a lot of sex, which is obviously great, but not something I had expected going in. So uh... be aware or be intruiged, depending on where your preferences lie. There's also less wooing and more quickly falling in love and lust than I expected. All in all I found myself really liking this story, but it is only a four star read for me. But if you enjoy quiet sweet high heat t4t4t romances with incredible vibes and lush prose that really draws you in this is a book to check out.