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Not the gay domestic bliss!

Another trans person couldn't be put in this narrative because if another trans person was in the story and they weren't as flawlessly gorgeous and passing as the protag, all this nonsense about the protag's Atlas-level trans struggle would be crystal clear as opposed to simply obvious

Chloe you are everything to me. Local tomboy pulls a gun on a perv, more news at 11

Alright I will give the book this. I haven't seen a all-girls shopping trip scene in years and years, and I really like this one because one girl is getting into color palettes and undertones (my hero) and then you've got the farm girl tomboy of the group asking, "You can mute colors?" which has me cackling.

This book has cursed me with an essay I have to write and it won't leave my brain. Also good christ how many times can the rest of the cast call the protag hot before even the author thinks, "Alright, that's probably enough"? Is there an end in sight? Will characters interact with this protag in ways that don't involve blurting, "Babygirl you're smoking and also the coolest person I've ever met"?

Surely the protag's "equal secret" to hand out to someone talking about their traumatic rape and feeling complicit in the trauma of other girls who got in similar situations ISN'T "Well I'm trans"? Oh, it is? COME ON!

Not the religious bullshit, pleaaaaaase. When will I be free of these horrid Christians

The text: And the Baptist parents of the protag's friends are very controlling and wretched people, also they're conservative shitheads of the worst degree, peep their bumper stickers
Also the text, a mere few pages later: And the church they attend every Sunday only believes in love and light <333 Radical honestly <333 Being "real" Christians without the bad parts <333

What abject clownery is this ... Russo WTF

The text: The protag is terrified of being found at as trans & is in hella danger & is doing everything in her power to stay stealth, something that is hard for her to do
The protag: Yeah I think I'm going to go to this Southern Baptist church I've never been to before because a new friend I made asked me to. Also I'll change in front of other girls casually and everything is totally good, I have no problems :)

Alright I restarted to get the math. By page 73, there are 26 pages wherein people flirt with the protag, or tell her how hot or cool she is. That's a whole 35% of the story. IF I include a couple encounters wherein interest is implied but not so explicitly stated, that brings us to 31 pages of people noticing how hot and cool she is, a whopping 42% of the story. I am told that it somehow gets worse.

Magical girl transformation ended in an actual clown costume because at the last second said magical girl denied their feelings for another girl? Now that's both fun AND hilarious.

I can't believe that the only thing that reliably activates Mickey's magical girl powers is sexual innuendo & sexual tension but then again ..... yes I can. Mickey's not just a one braincell bitch, they're a one braincell bitch that remarkably gains a SECOND braincell solely for boning purposes.

The lesbianism is off the charts. Magical girl sluttery is off the charts. One of the main characters is in a fugue state daydreaming about getting the strap from another character. This is probably one of the best books I've ever read in my life

trying to be stoic on an ambulance ride-along but keep losing my composure because this author's sense of humor is hysterical (also i did not expect this to be about a butch nerd looking for lurv because i'm a clown and can't use my eyes apparently .... but i am pleasantly surprised the level of dork is off the charts)

Oh noooo not the penultimate book on abusive relationships & behavior being very thoughtful and well-written nooooooooo

There are lots of reasons that the person who wrote the intro (Dr. Albert Ellis) is an insufferable twat, but numero uno is of course the fact that Ellis just spent all 15 pages of his intro talking about how he was a better therapist and psychologist than the author and understood lesbians in a way that the author didn't. Who let this insufferable dickwad write this intro???

"He was very old, this little man, his full name forgotten over the years. He called himself The Professor. His specialties were numerous and included psychology, criminology, mathematics, history, aerodynamics, zoology, and gardening. He also collected beer cans."

Ah okay I have recalled why this is one of my favorite children's books of all time yep yep yep

I remember when Oh Joy Sex Toy was just a series of one-shot comics being posted willy nilly on the internet by this author (I found them personally on tumblr back when the author was first pushing them out lol), so I'm excited and curious to see how many comic strips I remember & what this artist has added on in the decade I've seen her work last :P

Inside of you are two wolves. One wants to rip out throats. The other also wants to rip out throats, but super super good. Both are named Becca Thornton and I salute her.

has the author got more books like this one. asking for a friend. (i'm the friend.)

my god this book can get HORNY?! .......... tentatively rethinking my 4 star review in lieu of a 5 star review for base reasons ..........

oh my god not the [REDACTED] when we were [REDACTED] romance plotline

just kidding the protagonist is an asshole. #freevega2024

my god this protagonist is dumber than a box of bricks. i love her!

This book is definitely involving sapphic stereotype, but also of the east asian variety, it seems ... fellas, pass the yuri

goddamn the plot has already thickened. we've already escalated to hot femme mechanic motorcycle theft x emotionally immature self-proclaimed bad boy masc (secretly a loser.) what a delightful game of cat and mouse!

Ah, that's right. This is also a lesbionic Atalanta tale. Noice. 🤌

IDK why there is a sapphic lit trend of "hot bodacious babe femme x (slightly) masc also-babe with a motorcycle," but I can't say I'm upset. Although if I were to write one of these, to switch it up I feel like the femme ought to be the one with the motorcycle ... or maybe she ought to be the mechanic ... IDK where the butch oughta be but that can be a free-for-all. Just mess around with concepts, ya know?