This was kind of a fluffy/cozy story that didn't have a ton of action. As a result, I found it slightly boring, but I still liked it overall.

I particularly liked it for the real and respectful way it addressed transness in Victorian England -- both what it meant to be trans in that period, but also in how society and individuals treat such a person. This is a romance, and a fluffy one at that, so the interactions the MMC has with those who become aware he is trans are, overall, nice. Not perfect (there is accidental/unconscious dead naming) but still ultimately kind and understanding (or at least attempting to be). Which fits the cozy romance.

🎧 Dual POV with a single narrator 

🌶️ 3.75/5 There were explicit sex scenes but still in that sort of... slightly removed?... way that you see in cozy stories sometimes. Like the acts are described exactly but the listener isn't really pulled in to the passion of the characters.

🏳️‍🌈✊ As mentioned above, the MMC is trans. A bunch of the supporting players are queer (FMC has a gay best friend, MMC's former cohort was all "sapphists," MMC's friend is bi). Everyone seems to be sort of middle class, in that no one appears to have to worry about money and they are free to pursue their own interests. And as far as I could tell, everyone in the story was white.