#Alexa Fae McDaniel

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Maiden, Mother, and Crone

Fantastical Trans Femmes by Lilah Sturges, Alexa Fae McDaniel, Kylie Ariel Bemis, Ellen Mellor, Izzy Wasserstein, Audrey Vest, Gwen Benaway, Kai Cheng Thom

Publishing date: 30 Apr 2019 Disclaimer: I recieved this book from netgalley in exchange for an honest review.

Mother, Maiden, Crone is a, at the lack of a better word, fantastical antology, gocusing on the lives and experiences of Trans Femmes  -  a viewpoint too often overlooked in representation and actvism both. The book contains 11 different original short stories from various writers, with various writing experience. The latter detail might be noticable through parts of the books, as certain texts seem to struggle with the balance between world building and representation, but over all, I really did like the book, and will be putting it on the list of “future bookshelf fillers”. I’m especially excited to re-read LIlah Sturges' "Undoing Vampirism" and Crystal Fraiser's "Perisher". 

I have to admit that reading fell in second line after exam prep, and so I did not get to know the book as thouroughly as I might have wished, but all in all, it’s a decent 4/5 stars on my count.