Today I read #TheSumageSolution by #gailcarriger.

A charming read as all her books are. But at first I was concerned that I was going to be a little disappointed. Not because of the quality of the writing, but without the quirky Victorian steampunk setting, I found myself wondering what the point of the story was. Not that any book needs a 'point', of course. So there's probably a better way to phrase what I was thinking, but I'm not sure what.

Then I hit page 273. And I didn't wonder any more.

Perhaps I was really questioning how this book was going to speak to me, personally. And I found it here. In the way he asks the question, in a completely natural manner. In the way she is happy to be a woman 'only with a cock'. It's not about how she is presenting, or what genitalia she was born with, but just what is.

I go forward now to the other books in the series with anticipation. I look forward to seeing how the societal upheaval she introduced into her Victorian past has grown into 'our' time.

(I was also amused by the fact the main character drinks #puer #tea and everyone else thinks it's awful.)

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