A review by kaarna
Shadowplay by L.R. Lam

4.0

This seems like such a good series! I can't wait for the third one to be published (probably in 2017).

So. A fantasy book with an intersex main character. And the story isn't about their life being *so tragic* because they are *so different*, it's about fantasy and adventure and the fantasy world's mythology. There is gender related stuff, very well written in my opinion (I'm dyadic). The main character lives different kinds of lives in different gender roles which are mainly dependent on the situation they are living in. There is violence directed towards them because they are intersex which seems very realistic in this fantasy world. There is also a possible mythological aspect to their being intersex but it wasn't confirmed either way in these two books.

This book series requires some big trigger warnings, so before I recommended it to anyone, I would ask them about their triggers, or give the warnings I'd think most relevant. Please ask me if you consider reading this book and have triggers you know of.