TRANSGENDER HELL by Downy Davis

Description: Khaki has just married Bram, the man of her dreams. There’s just one problem: she hasn’t told him she was born a man. The Good: I really love that the heroine of this novel is transgender, and I would really like to see even more out-of-the-box characters like this in IR. Ms. Davis does not shy away from going into transgender specifics: for example we’re told about Khaki’s operation, boob job, and hormone therapy; and when Khaki goes home to visit, she still helps her father with the same stuff she helped him with when she was living as a boy. Also the situation was compelling enough for me to finish the book. The Bad: Unfortunately, though the writer’s heart was in the right place, this book was almost a complete craft...