In asking for books with gender variant main characters, I was told to look up this alternate history book about a "true hermaphrodite". Within the first five pages, the author established the character's genital status with a gay sex scene, with no lube, with a complete stranger. So right off the bat, we've established that the main character is slutty. Nice. Despite an abusive sex partner, Ilario is happy to be used...until they're tricked by their new lover's mother and sold into slavery...again.

And this is how the story goes. Pity the poor character who everybody likes abusing. After just a few pages, I skipped to the final chapters, read them, and wished I hadn't. Then I started skipping around to different parts of the book. Nothing made me feel like reading the rest. About the only nice thing I can say about this book is, I got it on steep discount, and I didn't pay shipping.

I give Ilario 1 star, and would never recommend this to anyone.